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In reply to the discussion: Tulsi Gabbard for DNC Chair NOW (edit) [View all]Omaha Steve
(102,907 posts)49. H Post: DNC Chair Joins GOP Attack On Elizabeth Warren’s Agency
Talk about working with the GOP...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/debbie-wasserman-schultz-paylenders-cfpb_us_56d4ce38e4b03260bf77e8fc
Payday lenders get a new ally.
03/01/2016 11:04 am 11:04:07 | Updated May 17, 2016
Zach Carter
WASHINGTON Payday lenders have been gunning for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau since the day President Barack Obama tapped Elizabeth Warren to set up the new agency. Theyve had plenty of help from congressional Republicans longtime recipients of campaign contributions from the payday loan industry. As the CFPB has moved closer to adopting new rules to shield families from predatory lending, the GOP has assailed the agency from every conceivable angle going after its budget, attempting to tie its hands with new layers of red tape, fomenting conspiracy theories about rogue regulators illegally shutting down businesses and launching direct attacks on payday loan rules themselves.
To date, the GOP blitz has resulted in a few close shaves for the young agency, but no actual defeats. But the industry has cultivated a powerful new ally in recent weeks: Democratic National Committee Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.).
Wasserman Schultz is co-sponsoring a new bill that would gut the CFPBs forthcoming payday loan regulations. Shes also attempting to gin up Democratic support for the legislation on Capitol Hill, according to a memo obtained by The Huffington Post.
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Martin O'Malley... takes someone screwed by the system to make it better. n/t
demmiblue
Jul 2016
#10
She's bashed Obama and Dem positions too many times of FOX, and is an Islamophobe.
brush
Jul 2016
#138
in favor of anything you can do to get her out of hawaii and out of her congress seat :-)
msongs
Jul 2016
#22
Yep! Clinton will be the head of the party and has that right. Just like Obama did.
LiberalFighter
Jul 2016
#98
She was a rising star in the party, in print in several places if you doubt it
Omaha Steve
Jul 2016
#66
How is putting an Obama basher and repug favorite as head of the party a uniting move?
brush
Jul 2016
#93
What I don't get is why all the hate for Kaine, but Gabbard, a big old DINO, is just the bees knees.
kcr
Jul 2016
#122
Thanks for your post. Too many on this board don't realize Gabbard is an ambitious DINO who . . .
brush
Jul 2016
#86
this is some really crazy stuff about Brazille, her ties to Rove, Mehlman, and other
Gabi Hayes
Jul 2016
#87
I am fine with who is there, you can get all serious now that a DC Insider is gone
Rex
Jul 2016
#116
I am baffled how you came to support a very right wing democrat as the party chair?
etherealtruth
Jul 2016
#137