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Consumer protections
Senate poised to confirm new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau chief. Then what?
Dec 3, 2018
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 […]
Ralph Nader wants you to wear a seat belt
by
David Brancaccio
and Ali Oshinskie
Sep 28, 2018
...because he fought the auto industry for increased safety. And won.
Senate GOP votes to repeal consumer rule
Oct 25, 2017
The rule that would have allowed consumers to join together to sue their bank or credit card company to resolve financial disputes.