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Compliance Week: Dodd-Frank Dismantling Passes First Big Legislative Hurdle
Allied Progress questioned the money behind the rulemaking. Republican members of the committee have received at least $32,211,535 from the financial industry, it said.
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Huffington Post: Next On The Chopping Block For House Republicans: Post-Crisis Bank Regulations
Allied Progress said the bill is so extreme it even erases protections that predate the financial crisis, allowing Wall Street and predatory lenders to once again prey on consumers without repercussion.
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Committee GOP Takes $32 Million from Financial Industry, Passes Hensarling’s Wall Street Giveaway “Financial CHOICE Act”
Key committee approves bill to gut consumer protections from Wall Street fraud and recklessness.
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“Financial Choice Act” Is a Wall Street Giveaway and the Wrong Choice for Working Families
“Hensarling’s ‘Financial CHOICE Act’ is the wrong choice for America’s working families,” says Karl Frisch of Allied Progress.
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Groups Submit Letter to Congress Opposing Wall Street Giveaway Bill, the “Financial CHOICE Act”
The “Financial CHOICE Act,” which would gut protections for Americans from Wall Street fraud and recklessness.
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Prediction: GOP Will Hurl Same Tired Attacks at Consumer Bureau, Cordray, at Today’s Hearing
House Financial Services Committee has held more than sixty hearings targeting the Consumer Bureau with false attacks.
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Consumerist: Bank-Backed Congressman Introducing Law To Gut Consumer Financial Protections
Hensarling’s revisions and original legislation targeting the CFPB aren’t entirely a surprise, as he — and the Financial Services Committee he leads — has strong ties to Wall Street and big banks, Allied Progress reports.
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Congressman Who Thinks Trump Should Fire CFPB Director Also Runs A Wall Street Revolving Door
Rep. Hensarling has also taken an astounding $7.38 million from Consumer Bureau-regulated industries.
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Corporate Crime Reporter: New Report Details Revolving Door Between House Financial Services Committee and Industry
On the heels of House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling unveiling his proposal to dismantle critical consumer financial protections enacted in 2010’s Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Allied Progress is out with a new report detailing the revolving door between Hensarling’s committee and the financial industry and how key members of his committee staff have invested in and taken junkets from the very industry they’re paid to oversee.
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The Revolving Door and High Flying Conflicts of Hensarling’s House Financial Services Committee
New report details revolving door between committee and industry, staff raking in benefits from industry they’re paid to oversee.