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FloridaPolitics.com: When Investigating Payday Lending, Knowledge Is Power
Writing in the Tampa Bay Times July 29, Karl Frisch, executive director of Allied Progress, a public interest group opposed to the payday lobby, cited reports that the industry has contributed more than $2.5 million to Florida politicians and political parties since 2009. Nearly $1 million of that came from payday lender Amscot Financial and the family that controls it. Small wonder, then, that so many Florida politicians have been friendly to payday lending. But they know now that the public is on to them.
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FloridaPolitics.com: Advocacy Group That Has Been Slamming DWS on Payday Loans Now Praises Her
Allied Progress, the D.C. based advocacy group that has been blasting Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz for months for her support of of payday lending legislation that the group called “disastrous,” is now praising her. The group placed an a full page ad in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel applauding her and Congressman Patrick Murphy for now backing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s push to rein in the payday loan industry.
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Tens of Thousands Spoke Out Supporting the CFPB on Payday Lending Reform — They Listened
Full page ad in the Sun Sentinel thanking Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Patrick Murphy for supporting the CFPB’s proposed rule to rein in payday lenders.
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With Wasserman Schultz Reversal, Push to Expand Disastrous “Florida Model” of Payday Lending is Dead
Allied Progress: “This was only possible because two important things happened. Tens of thousands of Americans made their voices heard and people like Wasserman Schultz and Murphy listened.”
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Group Lauds Rep. Murphy for Supporting CFPB’s Proposed Rule on Payday Lending
Allied Progress: “Other members of Congress could learn a thing or two from this demonstration of thoughtful leadership.”
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Tampa Bay Times: Patrick Murphy Retreats From Payday Lender Bill
Allied Progress says it is taking Murphy out of contention of the ads. “Make no mistake – the CFPB’s proposed rule flies in the face of the disastrous ‘Florida model’ of payday lending and H.R. 4018, legislation initially co-authored by Rep. Patrick Murphy,” said Allied Progress executive director Karl Frisch.
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Will Members of Congress Support CFPB’s Proposed Rule to Rein in Predatory Payday Lenders?
Allied Progress is calling on members of Congress to announce whether they support or oppose the CFPB’s predatory payday lending rule.
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FloridaPolitics.com: Advocacy Group Again Attacks “Florida Model” of Payday Lending in New Video
An advocacy group pushing for strong regulations on predatory payday loans is once again applying pressure on members of Florida’s congressional delegation, shortly before the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is expected to announce new national rules for payday lending next week.
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Hard-Hitting Video Demolishes the Disastrous “Florida Model” of Payday Lending as CFPB Prepares Tough New National Rules
Tough New Video Released in Advance of Expanded Effort to Expose Industry’s Congressional Benefactors
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Report: Payday Lending Industry Bought Florida’s Political Establishment for $2.5 Million
Public asked to help it pick between Reps. Patrick Murphy and Alcee Hastings for next congressional payday pal to be exposed.