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Richard Cordray
This week: The Postal Service, the CFPB (non) confirmation
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David Gura
Dec 9, 2011
We talk to one of our Washington reporters about what happened in the news this week.
Senate Republicans block Cordray nomination to CFPB
by
David Gura
Dec 9, 2011
U.S. Senate Republicans blocked former Ohio attorney general Richard Cordray's appointment as director of the CFPB. The new bureau is a centerpiece in the Dodd-Frank financial reform law.
The battle over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Dec 7, 2011
Republicans are trying to block the appointment of Richard Cordray as director of the CFPB in preference of a commission; Democrats say it's a fight against consumer protection.
President Obama pushes to get CFPB head approved
Dec 5, 2011
this week, President Obama's expected to put the pressure on Congress to approve his nominee to head the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau. But Republicans vow to hold up any nominee until the bureau itself gets overhauled.