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Cordray appointment: A win for Obama -- and the public
President Barack Obama owes congressional Republicans at least a thank-you card for their efforts to block Richard Cordray as head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. That GOP leaders continue to howl over Mr. Obama's decision on Wednesday to...Tags: Bank of America Corp., Jacksonville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), Finance, Richard Cordray
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Obama to defy Senate Republicans and appoint CFPB director
Republicans in the Senate have refused vote for any director of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau until the agency is weakened. Without a director, the CFPB's powers are more limited.
This morning, the White House announced it would appoint...Tags: George Bush, Richard Cordray, Consumers, U.S. Senate, Republican Party
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Liberals, conservatives both wrong about 'social contract'
We cannot find the social contract in the National Archives or the Library of Congress, but most citizens acknowledge it through day-to-day respect for the social order. Yet, because the social contract exists in our cultural consciousness, and not in...Tags: Employees, Sociology, U.S. Senate, Broward Health, Herman Cain
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The person banks fear most is coming to Baltimore
Elizabeth Warren, the Harvard University law professor helping launch the new consumer protection bureau, will be attending a town hall meeting this month in Baltimore.
The June 30th event is being hosted by Rep. Elijah E. Cummings at the Enoch Pratt...Tags: Consumers, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Republican Party, Harvard University, Elijah E. Cummings
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Consumer advocate feared by financial institutions appears in Baltimore
On Capitol Hill, some lawmakers treat Elizabeth Warren as if she were Public Enemy No. 1.
That's what happens when you're charged with setting up an agency whose purpose is to protect consumers on financial matters — a job that brings you up...Tags: Enoch Pratt Free Library, Finance, Loans, Consumers, Mortgages
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Maryland bankers: We've got heart
Elizabeth Warren is a native of Oklahoma, but she might as well be from Baltimore based on the reception the city gave her Thursday night. She spoke at a town hall meeting held by Rep. Elijah E. Cummings to talk about the new Consumer Financial Protection...Tags: Enoch Pratt Free Library, Banking, Maryland, Elections, Elijah E. Cummings
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Elizabeth Warren: Baltimore's rock star
There’s more than 40 miles that separate Baltimore from Washington.
In Washington, Elizabeth Warren has undergone some merciless grilling by members of Congress about the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau she is setting up.
But in...Tags: Consumers, Banking, Elections, Elijah E. Cummings, Wages and Pensions
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America needs Elizabeth Warren at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Eileen Ambrose's article about Elizabeth Warren ("Consumer advocate feared by financial institutions appears in Baltimore," July 3) faithfully captured the confidence placed in her by average Americans. If we are to avoid a repeat of the recent economic...Tags: Consumers, Finance, Elections
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A year in the making, consumers finally get greater protections on financial matters
Consumer advocates aren't getting their first choice to lead the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Despite the setback, this is still a big week for consumer protection. Thursday is the one-year anniversary of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform...Tags: Lawyers, Finance, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Christopher Dodd, Consumers
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Senator Elizabeth Warren?
A liberal political group is pushing Elizabeth Warren candidacy for the Senate now that President Obama has decided not to name her to lead the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Warren dreamed up the idea of the new agency, but Republicans in...Tags: Republican Party, U.S. Senate, Elections
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Protecting consumer rights
Eileen Ambrose's Op-Ed column on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rightly notes that the priorities of Elizabeth Warren, the consumer advocate many people expect President Obama to nominate to head the agency, "aren't as extreme as some business...Tags: Consumers, Business, Maryland, Real Estate
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So many contenders for the Moutza of May
First thing I should do is accept a half Moutza to myself and apologize to you readers and to the editors of the Chicago Tribune for missing my column deadline.
I missed the Moutza of the Month column for May. Now we're in June.
The Moutza of the...Tags: Super Bowl, Rahm Emanuel, Parliament, Alex Cobb, Chicago Tribune Columnists
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