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Report Reveals Payday Lenders Paid for At Least One Favorable “Academic” Study
Today, Campaign for Accountability released a new report, Academic Deception, exposing the payday lending industry’s efforts to produce so-called “academic research” to promote its agenda.
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Memo to Media: Congress Must Investigate Its Payday Problem
The actions of these Congressmen cast a shadow of serious impropriety over their tenure in the House of Representatives and must be investigated.
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Topeka Capital-Journal: Ethics Complaint Against Rep. Kevin Yoder Alleges Pay-for-play With Payday Loan Industry
The Campaign for Accountability’s complaint stems from a report by the liberal nonprofit group Allied Progress, which found that Yoder has received more than $100,000 from the payday lending industry during his nearly five-year stint in Congress.
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Hutchinson News: Ethics Complaint Against Rep. Kevin Yoder Alleges Pay-for-play With Payday Loan Industry
The Campaign for Accountability’s complaint stems from a report by the liberal nonprofit group Allied Progress, which found that Yoder has received more than $100,000 from the payday lending industry during his nearly five-year stint in Congress.
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The Nation: Did Predatory Lenders Pay These 12 Lawmakers to Hobble the CFPB?
The donations, first flagged in a report released last week by Allied Progress, a progressive advocacy group, appear to cross the fuzzy line between routine fundraising and a quid pro quo arrangement—what non-lawyers would see as something approaching outright bribery.
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Ethics Complaint Filed Against 11 Congressmen Alleging Collusion with Payday Lenders
Today, Campaign for Accountability asked the Office of Congressional Ethics to investigate 11 members of Congress for possible criminal and ethics violations by accepting contributions from the payday lending industry shortly before or after taking official actions in support of the industry.