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Marshall joins letter supporting Trump in appointing Consumer Financial Protection Bureau head

By Brandon Moseley  Alabama Political Reporter Monday, November 27, 2017, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall joined four other attorney generals in a letter today to President Donald Trump and U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions declaring their confidence in the President’s authority to appoint an acting director for the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Obama … Continued
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November 28, 2017

Sewell thanked for supporting Manufactured Housing

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama Manufactured Housing Association issued a press release to thank US Representative Terri Sewell (D-Selma) for her introduction of legislation making obtaining financing for manufactured housing easier. The Association wrote: “Thank you, Congresswoman Terri Sewell for your leadership and support!” The Manufactured Housing Institute wrote in a statement: … Continued
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March 28, 2017

Jesse Smith Attacks Mike Rogers over Trump Endorsement

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Saturday, October 15, 2016, Jesse Smith (D) says that Rogers’ endorsement of Donald J. Trump for President of the United States shows that Rogers is comfortable with Trump’s, “Vile behavior towards women, race, religion, disabled, etc.” Smith’s attack on incumbent Congressman Mike Rogers (R from Saks) comes after Rogers’ … Continued
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October 17, 2016

Palmer Says Last Birthday For Palmer Says Last Birthday For CFPB Without Accountability

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, July 22, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau celebrated its fifth birthday. Congressman Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) and other Republican representatives were not pleased with the anniversary. US Representative Palmer said, “This should be the last birthday the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) celebrates without accountability. For the past … Continued
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July 25, 2016

Shelby Speaks to MARC in Vestavia

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Saturday, January 9, US Senator Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) told a packed house at the Mid Alabama Republican Club in Vestavia Hills that he always wanted to earn his way and that is what he wants to do. Senator Richard Shelby said that he was elected to the Alabama … Continued
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January 11, 2016
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Richard Shelby: Curing the Disease by Killing the Economy

By Ron Crumpton Democratic Candidate for United States Senate In a recent op-ed on Dodd-Frank by my opponent Senator Richard Shelby, he promotes the idea that intrusive regulations that were put in place in by a congress bent on politicizing the Wall Street crisis as means of placing arbitrary one size fits all regulations on … Continued
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December 11, 2015

Shelby Says Dodd-Frank Should be Repealed

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Politcal Reporter Tuesday, December 8, US Senator Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) urged legislators to repeal the controversial Dodd-Frank Act. Sen. Richard Shelby said in a statement, “More than five years ago, the 2,300 page financial overhaul known as Dodd-Frank was signed into law. Since its enactment, the negative impacts of Dodd-Frank on … Continued
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December 10, 2015

Palmer Supports Stopping CFPB Auto Loan Regulations

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, November 18, US Representative Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) announced his support for HR1737, the Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act.  This bill would revoke the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) 2013 auto lending guidance bulletin, which has hampered the availability of indirect auto loans (loans facilitated by car … Continued
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November 19, 2015