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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.
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Politico: “Debt Trap Debbie” Television Ads Launched
Allied Progress will begin airing an ad today in D.C. and in Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s south Florida district accusing the Democratic National Committee chairwoman of trying to thwart the CFPB’s crackdown on payday lenders.
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Politico: Nonprofit Group Targets Wasserman Schultz Over Payday Lenders
Allied Progress is hammering Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz in a television ad that will begin airing Thursday for “sabotaging” President Barack Obama’s efforts to hold payday lenders accountable.
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FuelFix: China Keeping an Eye on Surging U.S. Oil and Gas Production
Advertisements launched by Allied Progress this summer said oil exports would “raise gas prices, cost U.S. jobs and help grow China’s economy while putting our energy future at greater risk.”
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The Pitch: Ethics Complaint Alleges Kevin Yoder and Blaine Luetkemeyer Are Carrying Water for the Payday Lending Industry
Kevin Yoder took more campaign donations from the payday-lending industry than any other member of the U.S. Congress between 2011 and 2015, according to a new study by Allied Progress.
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Washington Times: Obama Stands Firm Against Lifting Oil Export Ban Despite Potential Economic Benefits
“Big oil is all hat and no cattle when it comes to their claims of momentum in the face of these facts. [Friday’s] vote was nothing more than another piece of meaningless political theater by a dysfunctional House of Representatives that routinely passes legislation with no hope of success,” said Karl Frisch, executive director of the group Allied Progress, a liberal advocacy group that’s been leading the fight against the House legislation.
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Ring of Fire: “Cheaper by the Dozen” Payday Lending Report Discussed
Allied Progress executive director Karl Frisch appeared on the 10/11/2015 broadcast of radio’s nationally syndicated Ring of Fire to discuss the organizations new report detailing suspiciously timed campaign contributions from payday lenders to a dozen Congressmen.