Tag Archives: Richard Cordray

The hijacking of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

By Mark | November 27, 2017

There’s so much I want to talk about right now… the failed attempt on the part of Project Veritas to trick the Washington Post into running a fake story about Roy Moore’s fondness for child rape; the fact that our President couldn’t help but make a racist joke today while honoring Navajo ‘code talkers’ for […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged administrative state, Barbara Lee, big banks, CFPB, Citibank, code talkers, consumer protection, David Sirota, deregulation, Dodd-Frank, Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, finance, financial crisis, financial reform, health care, higher education, Ian Millhiser, Laurence Tribe, Leandra English, Mick Mulvaney, Navajo, net neutrality, racism, regulation, Santander, tax reform, Timothy Kelly, Wall Street deregulation, Washington Post | 6 Comments

Republicans gut Dodd Frank Act, killing efforts to protect American citizens from financial industry abuse

By Mark | November 12, 2011

On July 21, 2010, President Barack Obama signed the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act into law. The legislation, written by Congressman Barney Frank, and Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee Chris Dodd, promised to be the most comprehensive financial reform to be undertaken since the Great Depression. As with the Glass-Steagall Act, […]

Posted in Economics, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged banking reform, banks, Barney Frank, Carl Levin, Chris Dodd, Christopher Dodd, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, deregulation, Dodd-Frank, Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Elizabeth Warren, financial reform, Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999, Glass-Steagall Act, Graham-Leach-Bliley Act, Great Depression, H.R.4173, John Oliver, lobbying, lobbyists, Neal Wolin, Newt Gingrich, Schoolhouse Rock, things fucked raw, Treasury Department, Wall Street deregulation | 10 Comments

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