David Arkush: President Obama’s Next Moves on Leadership for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on December 15th, 2011 5:45 am by HL
David Arkush: President Obama’s Next Moves on Leadership for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
As expected, last week Senate Republicans blocked President Obama’s nomination of Rich Cordray to lead the new CFPB. They continue to hold the agency hostage, taking the unprecedented step of blocking its leadership unless the agency is first weakened.
Robert Scheer: There Goes the Republic
Once again the gods of war have united our Congress like nothing else. Unable to agree on the minimal spending necessary to save our economy,…
Chris Weigant: The Real “War on Christmas”
Just because the modern “War on Christmas” may not exist does not mean such a war never existed in America. The subject of Christmas was indeed at the heart of a previous bitter political dispute, but you’ve got to go pretty far back to find it. All the way back to the Puritans.