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Will Republicans be able to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau?

Mallory SoRelle - February 13, 2018

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/the-battle-for-control-of-the-consumer-financial-protection-bureau/2017/11/27/acefba7e-d39f-11e7-9ad9-ca0619edfa05_video.html Since November, the Trump administration has taken steps to

It’s the Game of Vacancies at the CFPB. Watch out for the bureaucratic duel of conflicting statutes.

Andrew Rudalevige - November 29, 2017

It’s not exactly “Game of Thrones” — federal budget procedures

8 questions about the future of banking regulation under Trump

Brent Sutton - November 23, 2016

[caption id="attachment_38035" align="aligncenter" width="908"] (Mark Lennihan/AP)[/caption] One of President Obama’s

Is Recess Over?

Andrew Rudalevige - January 13, 2014

[caption id="attachment_5237" align="aligncenter" width="606" special=""] The Senate, indisputably in session.

Will nuclear winter come to the Senate this fall?

- October 31, 2013

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Speak softly … and carry a nuclear stick

- July 14, 2013

The Teddy Roosevelt-Harry Reid analogy ain't great, I know. But

Is nuclear winter coming to the Senate this summer?

- May 20, 2013

It seems the Senate could have a really hot summer.

Recess is Over?

Andrew Rudalevige - January 27, 2013

You will recall that in January 2012, President Obama named

Those Recess Appointments

Nolan McCarty - January 6, 2012

Almost fifteen years ago, Rose Razaghian and I wrote a

Is the president playing fair during recess? The Cordray appointment

- January 4, 2012

President Obama today will give a recess appointment to Richard