DNC Chair Joins GOP Attack On Elizabeth Warren's Agency

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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. They've 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 it's 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 CFPB's forthcoming payday loan regulations. She's also attempting to gin up Democratic support for the legislation on Capitol Hill, according to a memo obtained by The Huffington Post.

The DNC chair isn't the first Democrat to defend payday lenders. A handful of House Financial Services Committee members consistently join the GOP's payday loan boosterism. But support from such backbenchers has been politically impotent. Wasserman Schultz, by contrast, is the nominal head of the Democratic Party. Her support undercuts efforts by liberals in Congress to draw contrasts with Republicans on economic issues.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/debbie-wasserman-schultz-paylenders-cfpb_us_56d4ce38e4b03260bf77e8fc

[safeinOhio]

1. And someone owes her

For her help.

[think]

2. DWS proving once again that the "D" in front of her name speaks more to a grade she deserves

for her public service rather than her commitment to Democratic principles...

[SoLeftIAmRight]

3. These people are bloodsuckers

destroying the desperate

[djean111]

4. This is why I feel the Democratic Party has left me.

This started looooong before Bernie, too.
I live in Florida. Debbie DINO supports her GOP buddies. And people have the fucking nerve to tell me that "I" have to vote for the "D". Those days, I think, are done, they are toast.

[arcane1]

5. And we are supposed to vote for these assholes just because they have a "D" and we have no choice?

Fuck that. The "D"emocrats are betraying us.