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Senator Crapo Pens Love Letter to Big Banks as Support Dwindles Back Home
Crapo raked in $25K from banking industry last quarter alone, but not one nickel from people in Idaho.
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New Allied Progress Ad Follows the Money, Finds Over 2 Million Reasons Why Debt Collection Industry Getting the Trump Red Carpet Treatment
Debt collection trade groups have spent over $2.1 million on federal lobbying since Trump took office, and debt collectors have donated over $343,000 to Republican political campaigns since 2016.
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GOP Congressman Mac Thornberry ‘blocked restrictions on lenders near military bases while wife worked for bank lobby’
Congressman Thornberry’s two-faced treatment of our servicemembers is not isolated, it’s symptomatic of the predatory lending industry’s growing influence over Washington.
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When Mick Mulvaney Learned Of Racist Blogger on Trump CFPB Staff, He Gave Blankenstein a ‘High Five’
The Trump administration had been accused of harboring racist views, but now we know they celebrate them as well.
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Swamp Thing: CFPB Official Leading the Effort to Gut Debt Collection Rules to Be Toasted at Debt Industry Conference
How can CFPB Director Kathy Kraninger’s efforts to overhaul debt collection rules possibly be impartial and fair to consumers, when her top aide overseeing the effort (Tom Pahl) is speaking at a swanky debt industry summit?
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NYT Report Shows DeVos Aide Helped Keep Failing For-Profit Colleges Alive and Students Paid the Price When They Collapsed
DeVos’ top lieutenant, Diane Auer Jones, kept a fly-by-night company on life support just long enough to cheat thousands of students out of their tuition money with no degree to show for it.
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Allied Progress Reacts to the $60 Million NY AG Debt Collection Settlement
CFPB Director Kathy Kraninger and her team need to look at the logo on their wall and remember that they work for consumers first, not the debt collection industry.
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FLASHBACK: Trump Labor Pick Eugene Scalia Argued Companies Shouldn’t Necessarily Bear Legal Responsibility for Bosses Who Sexually Assault or Threaten Employees
Some of Scalia’s past legal opinions reveal there was no line he was not willing to cross to shield companies from legal responsibility, even to argue that workplace protections against sexual harassment and assault put too much onus on company leadership.
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Allied Progress Has Suggestions for CFPB Director Kraninger As She Reevaluates Exam Process
Reaction from Derek Martin, director of consumer watchdog group Allied Progress: “While she’s looking under the hood for ways to make examinations easier on industry, perhaps Director Kraninger will consider reinstating the Military Lending Act as a part of supervisory exams, which 33 state Attorneys General have asked her to do. Kraninger may think it’s the CFPB’s…
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Anti-Worker Eugene Scalia Has No Business Leading the Labor Department
Trump once again wants a federal agency run by an enemy of its mission.