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Dodd-Frank Turns 10: Trump Administration’s Fair Lending Failures Underscore Need to Strengthen Law
On the ten-year anniversary of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, consumer watchdog group Allied Progress released a report spotlighting how the Trump administration has worked to undermine fair lending protections and — as the recent PPP program showed — how much work there is left to do to make our financial system accessible to all.
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Cruise Lines Strain US Coast Guard Evacuation Resources
After An Influx of Coast Guard Medical Evacuations, Cruise Lines Now Being Asked to Arrange Own Medical Transportation for Guests and Crew.
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Conflicted Kushner Has Financial Stake in Hotel Biz as Industry Asks For $150 Billion Bailout, Furloughs Workers
As someone with a personal stake in the hotel industry, can Kushner be trusted to make sure workers are taken care of before the shareholders and creditors of major hotels?
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McConnell Answers Trump’s Call: Bailouts For Billion-Dollar Industries
With a small check for workers and blank checks for the President’s industry friends, this proposal fails to meet the nation’s needs during the worsening coronavirus health crisis.
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Trump Must Choose: Betsy DeVos or Student Borrowers?
Washington D.C. – Today the US Senate voted to disapprove of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ new “Borrower Defense” rule that would have left defrauded student borrowers struggling to pay illegitimate debts. On a vote of 53-42, Senate Joint Resolution 56 – and the fate of tens of thousands of defrauded borrowers – now moves to…
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Associates of Betsy DeVos’ Brother Caught Spying on Teachers’ Union, Now Congress Must Investigate
Allied Progress calls on the House Oversight Committee to conduct an immediate investigation into what DeVos knew and when did she know it.
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ICYMI: Records Show DeVos Saved Discredited Accreditor After Explicit Request From Top For-Profit College Industry Lobbyist
DeVos is willing to give the for-profit college industry anything they ask for even if it leaves student borrowers more vulnerable to predatory behavior.
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Trump Claims to “Liberate” Economy with Massive Deregulation Efforts As 40% Of Americans Can’t Afford a $1,000 Emergency Expense
Trump’s tax cuts and deregulation for the richest corporations have made no difference to many working families living one emergency away from bankruptcy.
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ICYMI: Even the Big Banks Think Stephen Moore’s Monetary Policy Ideas Are Too Extreme
WATCH IT HERE WASHINGTON, D.C. — While Stephen Moore himself admits ‘I’m Not an Experton Monetary Policy’, President Trump’s pick to serve on the Fed board certainly has a lot of “terrible” ideas on it. Those ideas were put to the test during Wednesday’s Congressional hearing on ‘Holding Megabanks Accountable’. Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton surveyed the seven…
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White House Says DOL Secretary Acosta’s Illegal Secret Plea Deal in Epstein Child Sex Abuse Case was “Best Possible Decision”
Trump Administration’s Aversion to Accountability Underscores Why Congress Must Step Up and Allow Justice for Epstein’s Victims