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A horde of toy zombies demonstrates the way the CFPB's debt collection proposal could unleash harassing calls from debt collectors trying to collect on old, invalid, "zombie" debts

AFR/CRL Poll: CFPB Debt Collection Proposal Faces Strong Bipartisan Opposition

In its proposed rule, CFPB Director Kathy Kraninger is sanctioning consumer harassment by allowing debt collectors to: call consumers seven times per debt, per week; send unlimited emails, texts, and social media messages without consumer consent; allow debt collectors to collect very old “zombie debts” where the time to sue has expired; and file baseless lawsuits by making it easier to sue the wrong consumer, for the wrong amount.

Take On Wall Street Poll: Key Findings from Battleground Congressional District Survey on Curbing Wall Street’s Influence

A new nationwide survey of likely 2018 voters in key battleground congressional districts reveals overwhelming, broad-based, and intense support for curbing big banks’ influence in Washington, and holding financial companies accountable for discrimination.

TOWS/AFR Statement: New Poll Reveals Strong Public Support to Stop Lending Discrimination

A new poll reveals overwhelming public support for government action to stop lenders from discriminating against borrowers of color. Lawmakers who voted to roll back the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s effort to guard against discrimination in auto lending were steering against the will of their own voters.

AFR Polling Memo: Overwhelming Majorities Oppose Dodd-Frank Rollbacks In S. 2155

Strong majorities support the Dodd-Frank law that Congress passed in the aftermath of the financial crisis and oppose the provisions of the deregulation bill currently under consideration.

AFR Release: New Polling Memo Shows Debate On CFPB Is Political Winner

Fighting to preserve the mission of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau resonates strongly with an American public that is still feeling the effects of the Wall Street-induced recession and its continuing ripoffs of its own customers, according to a new polling memo.

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AFR/CRL Poll: CFPB Debt Collection Proposal Faces Strong Bipartisan Opposition

Take On Wall Street Poll: Key Findings from Battleground Congressional District Survey on Curbing Wall Street’s Influence

TOWS/AFR Statement: New Poll Reveals Strong Public Support to Stop Lending Discrimination

AFR Polling Memo: Overwhelming Majorities Oppose Dodd-Frank Rollbacks In S. 2155

AFR Release: New Polling Memo Shows Debate On CFPB Is Political Winner

AFR Memo: Debate on CFPB Mission Strikes Positive Chord With Public

AFR/CRL Polling Memo: Fifth Consecutive Year of Broad Backing of CFPB and Wall Street Reform

AFR/CRL Poll: Strong Bipartisan Support for Financial Regulation and CFPB