Luis Gutierrez pushing "loophole-riddled" payday lending bill after receiving donations from industry
From this:
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), who heads the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, is pushing a loophole-riddled bill that would allow payday lenders to charge annual interest rates of nearly 400 percent - a proposal widely condemned by consumer advocates and some liberal Democrats, who want to put payday lenders out of business altogether... Gutierrez wasn’t always so kind to the industry. In 2006, he supported the successful effort that effectively banned payday loans to members of the military by capping interest rates for those borrowers at 36 percent... ...in an interview with The Associated Press last week, the Illinois Democrat conceded that the growing influence of the payday lending industry contributed to his change of heart... The top contributor to his 2008 campaign was payday lender QC Holdings, which donated $10,100, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Another payday powerhouse, the Online Lenders Alliance, contributed an additional $4,600...
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eh (not verified)
Sat, 04/11/2009 - 05:40
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HS 17889 e10k@hotmail.com 2009-04-11T07:40:52-05:00
That's OK, he makes up for it by visiting churches to lobby for amnesty for Hispanics, all of whom are good Christians whose children do well in school and stay out of trouble, as we know. Besides, if these borrowers can just wait until one day before payday, they only pay a bit more than 1% interest for the loan; that seems reasonable to me. Just like amnestying millions of illegals.
Fred Dawes (not verified)
Sat, 04/11/2009 - 20:19
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HS 17890 dawes57@cox.net 2009-04-11T22:19:58-05:00
Obama will do his thing on you on, "may day", keep a good eye open the USA Is about to end.
Thomas Leavitt (not verified)
Tue, 04/14/2009 - 02:59
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HS 17891 thomas@thomasleavitt.org 2009-04-14T04:59:00-05:00
Umm... the irony of this posting being surrounded by advertisements for payday lenders is quite amusing.