The GOP threat sends a simple message: “Make consumer protections easier for Wall Street to ignore, for banks to subvert and for predatory lenders to evade … or else.” Such flagrant abuse of the filibuster threat is unprecedented. It must end NOW. Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) views on the consumer protection agency are unambiguous. “If I had my way, we wouldn’t have the [Consumer Financial Protection Bureau] at all,” he recently told a crowd of Wall Street bankers. Our communities can’t afford to let ridiculous partisan antics get in the way of meaningful safeguards for consumers. Tell your senators to stand up to Wall Street — and stand with consumers — by confirming Richard Cordray, and to do so by reforming the filibuster rules if necessary.
Posted on: Sat, 06 Jul 2013 14:15:13 +0000
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