DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz Is Taking A Ton Of Heat For Helping Payday Lenders
WASHINGTON -- Democratic National Committee Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) has been working to gut new rules intended to rein in predatory payday lending. Her fellow Democrats don't seem pleased.
Allied Progress, an activist group headed by the longtime liberal operative Karl Frisch, is airing a new ad in Florida hammering Wasserman Schultz's efforts to undermine the regulations. The ad assails Wasserman Schultz -- the nominal head of the Democratic Party -- for teaming up with Republicans to defeat a policy backed by President Barack Obama.
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