By Rep. Andre Carson, (D-Indiana). Representative Carson is a member of the congressional black caucus. Earlier this week, President Barack Obama stood before an excited crowd in Shaker Heights, Ohio to boldly announce his appointment of former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray as the first Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). This announcement […]
In a move that defies six months of Senate Republican opposition, President Barack Obama has appointed former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray as chief of the government’s new watchdog office — the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. This, despite the fact that the Senate isn’t technically in session. Obama made the Senate-sidestepping announcement Wednesday morning in […]
