Consumer Financial Protection Board

Obama Presses GOP On Contentious Confirmation

AP | STEVE PEOPLES | Posted 02.09.2012

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama isn't backing down from demanding that Republicans confirm his pick to head a new consumer watchdog office, ...

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Elizabeth Warren Backed By Consumer Protection Advocates, Editorial Cartoons (PICTURES)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Elizabeth Warren faces significant obstacles if she wants to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but some consumer advocates think she's go...

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Too Big to Succeed: Dodd's Proposal Creates a Cumbersome Bureaucracy

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Richard (RJ) Eskow

Once upon a time, it seemed as if our leaders understood that "too big to fail" meant "too big to exist." But in Sen. Dodd's financial reform bill, the big banks won't be dismantled -- they'll be watched ... by a committee.

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