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Group Launches Campaign Pressing Trump on CFPB Director, Releases Poll Showing President’s Shortlist is Deeply Unpopular
Voters think Trump should compromise when he nominates a new CFPB director, they want someone who will protect consumers and fight wall street special interests.
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Mulvaney’s CFPB Asks Wall Street to Help Rewrite Rules Protecting Consumers from Its Abuse
Mulvaney says he’s particularly interested in how to “achieve meaningful burden reduction” for the very companies the CFPB should be protecting consumers from.
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Mulvaney’s New CFPB Chief of Staff Is as Anti-CFPB as They Come
New CFPB chief of staff previously served as staff director for Rep. Hensarling’s anti-CFPB Financial Services Committee and as a lobbyist at a firm that helped big banks and anti-regulation special interests.
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Equifax Gave Mulvaney Thousands, Now He’s Putting the CFPB’s Investigation “On Ice”
Latest example of CFPB “acting director” Mick Mulvaney making changes at CFPB that benefit his campaign contributors.
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Donors Rejoice! Mulvaney Intensifies Effort to Gut CFPB’s Fight Against Discriminatory Lending Practices
Donor that gave Mulvaney $30,000 called his previous changes to the CFPB’s anti-discrimination efforts, “a significant win.”
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Payday Mystery: Who Is The “Representative from Kansas”?
Netflix documentary series references mysterious figure who introduced Scott Tucker to an American Indian Tribe for his payday lending scheme.
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D.C. Circuit Court Issues Landmark Victory for CFPB – Reaffirms Independence from Trump
Court soundly rejects attempt by Wall Street special interests to cripple CFPB by challenging its constitutionality. Court also reaffirms CFPB’s independence from Trump administration.
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Big Win for Mulvaney Donors: CFPB Further Delays Prepaid Card Rule
Mulvaney, now the “acting director” of the CFPB, received $13,000 in campaign contributions from prepaid card companies over the course of his Congressional career.
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Mulvaney Should Retract his WSJ Op-Ed and Apologize to CFPB Staff
With his sloppy and transparently anti-consumer actions this week, Mulvaney isn’t just undermining the CFPB’s mission, he is undermining his own credibility.
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WTF?! Leaked Mulvaney Memo Refocuses CFPB Mission to Aggressively Defend Industry
CFPB “acting director” sends email to staff attacking predecessor’s focus on consumer protection, shifts Bureau’s mission to protecting industry.