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Associated Press: Group Wants Investigation of Kris Kobach and Federal Election Official Brian Newby
Allied Progress group called Wednesday for an investigation of a top federal elections official in the wake of a media report about his communications with one of the nation’s leading advocates of voting restrictions.
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Washington Times: Advocacy Group Steps up Attack on Debbie Wasserman Schultz Over Payday Lending
The advocacy group Allied Progress is stepping up its campaign attacking Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz on payday lending, announcing plans Monday to put up billboards in the Florida Democrat’s home state that say she’s not on President Obama’s side on the issue.
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FloridaPolitics.com: Billboards Take Debbie Wasserman Schultz to Task on Payday Loans
“‘Debt Trap Debbie’ is siding with payday lenders rather than President Obama,” is the message being displayed on two illuminated billboards placed in heavily used traffic routes in Wasserman Schultz’ South Florida congressional district.
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New Billboards Hit Debbie Wasserman Schultz for Undermining Obama on Payday Lending Reform
“Debt Trap Debbie” Campaign Expands, Lights Up South Florida
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International Business Times: Why Elizabeth Warren Is Fighting Florida’s Payday Lending Model; Lenders Collect Billions From The Poor
Wasserman Schultz, whom the liberal activist group Allied Progress claims has accepted $68,000 in contributions from the payday industry since 2006, argues that Florida’s payday rules are better for consumers than the proposed CFPB regulations.
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International Business Times: Warren Backs Payday Loan Regulation, Dem Leader Touts Permissive ‘Florida Model’
The bill drew new attention last week after the progressive group Allied Progress launched an ad campaign targeting Wasserman Schultz, who represents Florida’s 23rd district. The group says Wasserman Schultz has accepted $68,000 from the payday lending industry, implying that those funds led to her support for the bill.
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Esquire Magazine: Wall Street Goons Are Coming for Senator Professor Warren
According to Allied Progress, Luetkemeyer is an old friend to the banking and predatory lending industry, receiving more than $1 million in campaign donations from the industry.
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Bustle: This Anti-Debbie Wasserman Schultz Ad Claims Her Bipartisan Efforts Say Something Much More Sinister
An anti-Wasserman Schultz advertisement commissioned by the group Allied Progress begins, “President Obama was right when he condemned predatory payday lenders for trapping hardworking Americans in a vicious cycle of debt.”
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International Business Times: Democratic Leader Debbie Wasserman Schultz Slammed For Payday Loan Industry Connections
Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the head of the Democratic National Committee, is catching flak from a progressive group over her opposition to stricter regulation of the payday lending industry. The group Allied Progress said Thursday it would air a television ad targeting “Debt Trap Debbie” in her home state ahead of the primary there.
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Wall Street Journal: Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s Payday-Loan Stand Targeted in Ad Campaign
A progressive group stepped up attacks on Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, with an ad campaign highlighting her ties to the payday-loan industry.