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Showing the Latest Defending the Consumer Bureau Results
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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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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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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.
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The Other Government Shutdown: Mulvaney’s Weeklong Assault on the Consumer Bureau
While much ink has been spilled on efforts avoid a government shutdown, one Trump official escaped scrutiny as he launched a brazen effort to shut down the CFPB.
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New Trump CFPB Director Shortlister Swimming in Money from Payday Lenders and Other CFPB-Regulated Industries
Ohio State Rep. Jonathan Dever has taken nearly $80,000 from industries regulated by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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Mulvaney Having It Both Ways on Shutdown: Fighting to Fund Trump’s Government While Starving CFPB
Mulvaney is working hard to keep Trump’s government running to “minimize” political fallout while he’s forcing the Consumer Bureau to drain its emergency fund.
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Mulvaney Wants to Drain CFPB’s Emergency Reserve Fund
Mulvaney requested zero dollars from the Federal Reserve to fund the CFPB and will instead drain its emergency “reserve fund” leaving it vulnerable to crisis.