Consumer protections

Since the beginning of the Trump administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been operating under the direction of Mick Mulvaney, who is also the head of the Office of Management and Budget. He’s deliberately slowed and narrowed the scope of the bureau’s work. Now a new head, Kathleen Kraninger, is likely to be confirmed. She’s a Mulvaney […]

...because he fought the auto industry for increased safety. And won.

The rule that would have allowed consumers to join together to sue their bank or credit card company to resolve financial disputes.