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Cordray Faces Tough Crowd At First Senate Hearing

AP | By MARCY GORDON | Posted 01.31.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Republicans on Tuesday welcomed Richard Cordray to his first Senate hearing as director of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ...

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Obama-Appointed Watchdog Taking Tough Stand

AP | DANIEL WAGNER | Posted 03.25.2012

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WASHINGTON — The government's new consumer finance watchdog agency is prepared to sue companies that offer unfair or deceptive mortgages and cre...

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Senate GOP's Move Awaited In Big Fight With Obama

AP | LARRY MARGASAK | Posted 03.23.2012

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's appointments to two key agencies during the Senate's year-end break ensures that GOP senators will return ...

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OLC's Skillful Defense of President Obama's Recess Appointments and Its Possible Aftershocks

Peter M. Shane | Posted 03.14.2012

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Peter M. Shane

The Justice Department's release of on Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) opinion regarding President Obama's recess appointments power is a welcome display of public accountability. However one analyzes the bottom line, the opinion is a model of the genre.

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Applauding the President's Appointment of Richard Cordray as CFPB Director

Rep. Carolyn Maloney | Posted 01.09.2012

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Rep. Carolyn Maloney

The president made the right call by refusing to give in to Republicans who were holding Mr. Cordray's nomination hostage in an attempt to defang America's consumer watchdog agency.

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Recess Appointments and President Obama's Surprising Restraint

Peter M. Shane | Posted 03.07.2012

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Peter M. Shane

For all the brouhaha surrounding President Obama's recess appointments this week of three new members for the National Labor Relations Board and of Ri...

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Jennifer Bendery

Richard Cordray: My Appointment Is Valid

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 01.05.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Less than a day after his controversial recess appointment, Richard Cordray on Thursday moved full steam ahead with his plans for runnin...

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Zach Carter

Richard Cordray Recess Appointment May Paradoxically Help Banks

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 01.05.2012

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's recess appointment of Richard Cordray as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has underscored t...

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Obama Says He Won't Take 'No' For An Answer From GOP

AP | BEN FELLER and JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 03.05.2012

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SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio — Defying Republican lawmakers, President Barack Obama on Wednesday barreled by the Senate and installed a national consume...

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Jennifer Bendery

Bucking Senate Republicans, Obama Makes Bold Move

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 03.05.2012

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WASHINGTON -- In a bold move sure to infuriate Republicans and possibly draw a court challenge, President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that he wil...

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Jennifer Bendery

Senate GOP Blocks Obama Nominee

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 02.07.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked an effort to put someone in charge at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a move that preve...

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Obama's CFPB Nominee Clears First Hurdle

AP | Posted 12.06.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Democratic-run Senate Banking Committee has approved President Barack Obama's choice to head the new Consumer Financial Protection B...

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Jennifer Bendery

Obama's Consumer Protection Nominee Ensnared In Political Fight

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 11.06.2011

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WASHINGTON -- It may have been mostly for show, but the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday held its nomination hearing for Richard Cordray, President...

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Friday Talking Points -- What Would Ronald Reagan Do?

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.21.2011

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Chris Weigant

Since the Republican Party now worships at the altar of "Saint Ronald of Reagan," it's always fun to point out the hard, cold fact that Reagan would simply not be acceptable to the Republican Party as it stands today.

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