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<p>We cannot allow the Consumer Protection Bureau to be weakened, nor loosen regulations on Bankers!<br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> action=uspirg.org@mail.salsalabs.net <action=uspirg.org@mail.salsalabs.net> on behalf of Andre Delattre, U.S. PIRG Executive Director <action@uspirg.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 10, 2017 3:41 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> annxpress@live.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Wall Street is doubling down</font>
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<p><strong><a href="http://pin.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=zbj0Lo9ttcLvGczYvEZPNX3FQgxCgwTE">Wall Street lobbyists are doubling down on their attacks on reforms like the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Join us in standing up for consumers now.</a></strong><br>
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Ann, <br>
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Wall Street is doubling down and getting its money's worth …<br>
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Hot on the heels of a report that revealed the financial industry is spending nearly
<strong><em>$2 million a day</em></strong> to influence Washington, the U.S. House passed a bill to weaken the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). [1] [2]<br>
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<strong><a href="http://pin.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=KvQP%2FWk1y69u24T0%2FN2byH3FQgxCgwTE">Don't let Wall Street take this vital consumer cop off the financial beat.
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Add your name to our petition in support of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.</a></strong><br>
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The CFPB, which we helped then Prof. Elizabeth Warren create in 2010, has just one job -- protecting consumers against financial rip-offs.<br>
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And, despite Wall Street's repeated attacks, the CFPB has done its job well -- recovering more than $10 billion in overcharges by Bank of America, Capital One and others for more than 15 million consumers and reining in out-of-control debt collection practices.
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$10 billion recovered for consumers! It's no wonder the Wall Street lobby is spending $2 million a day to turn things their way in Washington.<br>
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<strong>But now, Wall Street lobbyists and their friends in Washington are threatening to hamstring the CFPB and reopen the door to the deceptive and greedy practices that helped fuel the financial crisis.</strong><br>
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It's the latest in a long line of attacks to destroy reforms we fought so hard for after the financial crisis wrecked our economy.<br>
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<strong><a href="http://pin.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=WgouC3XJV6%2F3GZTCOr1NFn3FQgxCgwTE">That's why I hope you'll stand with us to counter the power of Wall Street and keep the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in business.
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Add your name to our petition and we'll deliver it to your members of Congress.</a></strong><br>
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The idea of a government that stands up for consumers needs no defense, only more defenders. Thanks for being one of them.<br>
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Andre Delattre<br>
U.S. PIRG Executive Director<br>
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[1] <a href="http://pin.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=sidrwenh9QnmnV45cirT0H3FQgxCgwTE">
Wall Street Money in Washington</a>, Americans for Financial Reform<br>
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[2] <a href="http://pin.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=IsZtE7Mw3K2VNQaD%2FCKOvn3FQgxCgwTE">
Republican House bill curbs budget for banking watchdog</a>, Associated Press<br>
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[3] <a href="http://pin.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=XlyvwwCpZV7LLASf4gPpeH3FQgxCgwTE">
CFPB Orders Bank Of America To Pay $727 Million In Consumer Relief For Illegal Credit Card Practices</a>, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau</p>
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