The Hill has the story here. Looks like the auto guidance will soon be gone.
Category Archives: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The Senate voted, 50-47, to debate whether to use the Congressional Review Act to rescind the CFPB Indirect Auto Guidance. As it is unlikely that a senator would vote both to debate the issue and retain the Guidance, that almost certainly means the Senate will vote to block the Guidance when it votes, probably tomorrow, on […]
by Jeff Sovern I have now listened to the Senate Banking Committee hearing at which Mr. Mulvaney testified about the CFPB (I still haven't heard the House Financial Services Committee hearing). I'm still trying to make sense of Mulvaney's claims about enforcement, which strike me as hard to reconcile. On the one hand, Mulvaney complained […]
Here. Here's more from The Hll and here is David Dayen writing at The Nation.
The LA Times report is here.
Mulvaney's written testimony is here. InsideArm.com has detailed coverage here. The LA Times story is here. Excerpt: Mulvaney acknowledged that although the bureau had averaged opening one new enforcement action a week under Cordray, he had launched none since taking over. That triggered astonishment from Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.). "Are you telling me that every […]
by Jeff Sovern According to Politico, here's what Mulvaney himself said about it: POLITICO’s Katy O'Donnell: “The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is planning for the likelihood that acting Director Mick Mulvaney will remain in place through the end of the year, Mulvaney said today at a banking industry conference. “‘If it takes a year and […]
by Jeff Sovern AP is running a story, Under Trump, a Voice for the American Consumer Goes Silent, making a point that this blog has frequently noted. Excerpt: A review of a CFPB database obtained by the AP through a Freedom of Information request shows that the bureau issued an average of two to four […]
by Jeff Sovern So Reuters reports here. This report is consistent with the view that businesses that behave properly suffer when competitors cut corners and so enforcement of consumer protection laws benefits not only consumers but companies with consciences.
by Jeff Sovern Lately, I've been thinking to myself about how so little has leaked out on what's going on at the Bureau, especially compared to the White House. But that didn't stop Acting Director Mulvaney today from attacking CFPB staff for leaking, according to Sylvan Lane in The Hill. Here's an excerpt: Mulvaney . […]