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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"I support President Obama's appointment today of Richard Cordray to head the CFPB"
Scott Brown Backs Obama Recess Appointment Of Consumer Finance Watchdog Richard Cordray
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/04/scott-brown-richard-cordray_n_1184683.html
WASHINGTON -- Bucking his party's leadership, Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) Wednesday expressed his support for President Obama's decision to name Richard Cordray head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in a recess appointment that evaded a Republican blockade of the nomination.
Senate Republicans had vowed to stop Cordray's appointment until Obama agreed to water down the authority of the new watchdog agency. To stop him from using the constitutional option of a recess appointment while the Senate was adjourned, they've been holding "pro forma" sessions where no business is done, but the chamber is technically working.
GOP leaders bitterly accused the president of arrogance and overreach. But Brown, facing a tough election challenge from the architect of the CFPB, Elizabeth Warren, decided that their actions were the bigger problem.
"I support President Obama's appointment today of Richard Cordray to head the CFPB," Brown said in a statement. "I believe he is the right person to lead the agency and help protect consumers from fraud and scams."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/04/scott-brown-richard-cordray_n_1184683.html
WASHINGTON -- Bucking his party's leadership, Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) Wednesday expressed his support for President Obama's decision to name Richard Cordray head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in a recess appointment that evaded a Republican blockade of the nomination.
Senate Republicans had vowed to stop Cordray's appointment until Obama agreed to water down the authority of the new watchdog agency. To stop him from using the constitutional option of a recess appointment while the Senate was adjourned, they've been holding "pro forma" sessions where no business is done, but the chamber is technically working.
GOP leaders bitterly accused the president of arrogance and overreach. But Brown, facing a tough election challenge from the architect of the CFPB, Elizabeth Warren, decided that their actions were the bigger problem.
"I support President Obama's appointment today of Richard Cordray to head the CFPB," Brown said in a statement. "I believe he is the right person to lead the agency and help protect consumers from fraud and scams."
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"I support President Obama's appointment today of Richard Cordray to head the CFPB" (Original Post)
Amerigo Vespucci
Jan 2012
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grantcart
(53,061 posts)1. lol
blm
(113,091 posts)4. coming from Mr. Financial Industry it's especially lol.
But, obviously he's trying like hell to change his image for voters he believes he can fool.
one_voice
(20,043 posts)2. This is gonna go over about as well as...
a fart in church.
The worst sin a pub could commit is saying something nice about Obama.
blm
(113,091 posts)3. AHAHAH! And on phone with his banking masters, "You know I don't mean it, but, I have to say this
now, because Warren's gonna have my fascist ass fully exposed. I need a diversionary statement like this every now and then to keep the GOP rubes fooled."