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In Jobs Speech, Obama Warns Republicans on CFPB

The President’s jobs speech made headlines last week for its “fiery tone and impassioned delivery.” The New York Times’ David …

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Ever since President Obama skipped over the chance to appoint Elizabeth Warren the first leader of the consumer watchdog agency …

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Dear CFPB,

Thanks so much for taking on the gargantuan task of protecting consumers when it comes to financial matters.

I’m really …

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What the CFPB Should Do About Debt Collectors

On July 21, 2009, the Plain Dealer reported that then-Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray sued debt collection firm National Enterprise …

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President Obama signs the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, July 21, 2010.

Remember “I’m Just a Bill,” that famous educational video about how a proposed piece of legislation in Congress becomes a …

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Governmental agencies such as the CIA, FDA, and EPA are familiar to most of us, and we have a general …

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Report Blasts Conservative Activists for Torpedoing Crisis Commission

Rather than use the $8 million they were given to figure out what caused the 2007 financial crisis, Republican …

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CFPB Hearing: House Panel Civil, But Still Testy

Consumers who tuned into Thursday’s hearing of the Congressional Oversight Committee may not have recognized what they were seeing. An …

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An Anti-Consumer Loophole in Financial Overhaul Law?

The Dodd-Frank financial reform act, passed last year by Congress, did a lot of things consumer advocates like. It created …

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S&P Downgrades U.S. Debt... Will Repo Men Come for Air Force One?

By now, nearly every American should know that a “credit report” and a “credit score” represent a measure of our …

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