CFPB Must Continue Seeking Fed Funds, Consumer Groups Tell Court
A federal judge in California should require Russell Vought, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s acting director, to ...
American Banker
With CFPB nominee lapse, Vought continues as acting director
The Senate has paved the way for Russell Vought to remain acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by allowing the nomination of a permanent director to lapse. Under Senate rules, ...
Yahoo
State attorneys general sue Trump administration over efforts to shutter CFPB
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Twenty-one state and district attorneys general filed a lawsuit against Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought on ...
NPR
Nearly 2 dozen states sue the Trump administration over funding for CFPB
A coalition of 21 states along with the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration on Monday to prevent it from defunding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which says it will run out ...
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Judge burns Russ Vought with his own words, sees right through DOJ effort to 'starve' Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 'with the stroke of pen'
A federal judge cut right to the chase on Tuesday, using Russell "Russ" Vought's words against him while seeing through his reliance on a DOJ Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) memo as a way to "starve" ...
Washington Examiner
Democratic attorneys general file lawsuit against Vought to keep CFPB funded
The Democratic attorneys general for 21 states and the District of Columbia are suing Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought, who also serves as the acting director of the Consumer ...
The American Prospect
Judge Warns Vought of Contempt Order if He Back-Door Shuts Down CFPB
Vought has claimed that the Federal Reserve has no "combined earnings" this year, therefore it cannot give CFPB money. Judge Amy Berman Jackson shot that down. In an order issued today, a federal ...
Wall Street Journal
Democratic Attorneys General Sue Russell Vought Over CFPB Funding
A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general sued Monday to stop the Trump administration’s latest efforts to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The CFPB, created after the 2008 ...
nationalmortgageprofessional.com
Democrats Move To Defend CFPB’s Funding In Federal Court
Senior Democratic lawmakers have filed an amicus brief arguing that CFPB Acting Director Russell Vought’s reinterpretation of the agency’s funding mechanism unlawfully undermines its independence and ...