Warner, Kaine warn CFPB not to repeal rule that cracks down on predatory payday lending

Chris Graham

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine joined a group of 41 senators in a letter to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Acting Director Leandra English and OMB Director Mick Mulvaney urging them to end any efforts to undermine and repeal the CFPB’s payday lending rule.

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Kaine-Whitehouse bill to forgive student debt for public service workers passes Congress

Chris Graham

A version of a bill offered by Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) to fix a glitch in a federal loan forgiveness program that is leaving teachers, soldiers, social workers, and other public servants with massive loan balances they thought would be forgiven passed Congress. 

Warner, Kaine push VA to fix problems at D.C. Medical Center

Chris Graham

U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-Va.) pushed the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) to take immediate action regarding critical failures at the Washington D.C. VA Medical Center (DCVAMC) highlighted in an Inspector General report released last week that showed patients were put at risk due to supply, equipment, and inventory issues.