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Congress Fails to Repeal CFPB’s Crack Down on Predatory Payday Lenders – Next Up: Mulvaney
Payday lenders have been quietly laying the groundwork to secure White House intervention since President Trump was candidate Trump.
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Bigots Win: Congress Votes to Let Auto Industry Charge Blacks More Than Whites With Same Credit
U.S. House follows Senate’s lead to allow auto loan markups with extreme racial disparities to continue — legally.
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BREAKING: FCC Chair Proposes Raising TV Ownership Cap in Defiance of Congress
Members of Congress, fellow Republican commissioner warn FCC doesn’t have the authority
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Consumerist: ‘Financial CHOICE Act 2.0’ Blasted By Retailers & Lawmakers
Rep. Hensarling has accepted at least $7.38 million from companies regulated by the CFPB, according to Allied Progress.
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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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Statement on Trump’s Joint Session Address: He’s Out of Touch, Out of His Depth, and Out for Himself
Trump reaffirms allegiance to Wall Street, special interests, and “alternative facts” during first address to joint session of Congress.
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Statement on House Vote to Lift Crude Oil Export Ban
While the bill cleared the House today, it does not have sufficient support to pass in the Senate, and The White House has twice threatened to veto any change to current policy.
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Ethics Complaint Filed Against 11 Congressmen Alleging Collusion with Payday Lenders
Today, Campaign for Accountability asked the Office of Congressional Ethics to investigate 11 members of Congress for possible criminal and ethics violations by accepting contributions from the payday lending industry shortly before or after taking official actions in support of the industry.
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Allied Progress: Today’s Vote Backing Big Oil Was “Shortsighted and Reckless”
Statement from Allied Progress executive director Karl Frisch following House Subcommittee vote to lift crude oil export ban.