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Groups Press Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz to Go Further on Payday Lending Reform
The groups challenged the Congresswoman to stop undermining President Obama in his efforts to rein predatory payday lenders.
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“Who Is Next?” Payday Lending Accountability Ad Runs on Inside Cover of Politico Print Edition
Payday lending accountability campaign targeting those who continue to undermine Obama on payday lending reform hits the pages of Politico.
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Sunlight Foundation: Dark Money Group Spends $58,000 Attacking Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Another campaign has popped up in response to Protect America’s Consumers: Protect Consumers From Protect America’s Consumers. A joint project of Allied Progress and American Family Voices, the website criticizes Protect America’s Consumers as “a shady front group,” calling it an “astroturf” campaign against the CFPB.
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FloridaPolitics.com: Advocacy Group Asks Public What Florida Lawmaker They Should Target Next Over Payday Loans
After nearly two months of hammering Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz for “sabotaging” President Barack Obama’s efforts to hold payday lenders accountable, Allied Progress now says they’re moving on to target another Florida lawmaker for the same offense.
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Who Will Allied Progress Expose Next in Payday Reform Fight?
Group behind “Debt Trap Debbie” ads, billboards seeks input from public on which congressional payday pal to expose next.
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SPOTTED: Mobile Billboard on Capitol Hill Hits #DebtTrapDebbie Over Support for Payday Lenders
Mobile billboard spotted outside Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s office at the Democratic National Committee this morning.
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Nashville’s News Channel 5: Lawmaker Wants Stiffer Rules For Payday Loan Companies
As first reported by NewsChannel 5 Investigates, in the months before and after that law passed, more than $400,000 in contributions to Tennessee Lawmakers was doled out by 5 pay day loan political action committees. Karl Frisch is the Executive Director of Allied Progress, a Washington DC based non-profit that has tracked the political spending of pay day loan companies across the country.
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POLITIFACT: Claim That Florida’s Payday Law Is ‘Stronger Than Almost Any Other State’ Is False
POLITIFACT has rated the oft-used claim by Florida’s congresspeople that the state’s payday lending laws are ‘stronger than almost any other state’ as FALSE.
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New Website Exposes “Protect America’s Consumers” – The Shady Interest Group Behind the CFPB Smear Campaign
Allied Progress and American Family Voices launch website highlighting the true motivations behind the shady front group called “Protect America’s Consumers.”
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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.