Republican Congressmen Bathe In Payday Loan Lobby Money
Predatory Payday Loan Industry Showers GOP Lawmakers With Cash as CFPB Ruling Looms
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Predatory Payday Loan Industry Showers GOP Lawmakers With Cash as CFPB Ruling Looms
A new Accountable.US report found that nearly 60% of House members requested more time to file their annual financial disclosures this year.
Liz Zelnick is the director of the Economic Security & Corporate Power Program at Accountable.US, where she oversees the organization’s work on economic issues, exposing special interests who work against consumers and everyday Americans. Liz has spent the last 13 years in progressive movements and government. In her previous role, Liz served as the deputy director of policy and legislative affairs for the Massachusetts State Treasurer, where she developed policy priorities related to public investment, economic empowerment for residents, and transforming the state pension fund with climate-...
MS. PSAKI: Joining us today is Bharat Ramamurti, the Deputy Director of the National Economic Council for Financial Reform and Consumer Protection. Bharat was formerly the Managing Director of the Corporate Power Program at the Roosevelt Institute. He also served on the Congressional Oversight Commission for the CARES Act, a position he was appointed to by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer last year. Previously, Bharat was the top economic adviser to Senator Elizabeth Warren during her 2020 presidential campaign and Senior Counsel for Banking and Economic Policy in her Sen...
Reinvigorating antitrust law for real trust-busting; and Rebalancing political power through institutional reform. Bharat Ramamurti, a coauthor of the True New Deal, joined Hanauer to discuss the big ideas behind the plan. Ramamurti isn't some dilettante in the world of economics: He's served as an economic advisor to Senator Elizabeth Warren, and he recently left his position as the managing director of the Roosevelt Institute's Corporate Power Program to serve as the deputy director of the incoming Biden administration's National Economic Council. He'll have a direct hand in shaping Ameri...