GOP House Blocks Bid To Name Elizabeth Warren Head Of The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

[sasha031]

WASHINGTON -- Republicans don’t even want public advocate Elizabeth Warren to head a watered-down Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

At least that’s what Democrats tried to show Wednesday with a number of amendments to three Financial Services bills that aim to alter the nascent CFPB. The Democratic measures were all nixed by the GOP.

One amendment would have required Congress to name Warren the head of the bureau once she finishes the job of creating it and getting it running by July. The provision, offered by CFPB proponent Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), was designed to put Republicans, who have vehemently opposed Warren in the past, on the spot.

"This debate is clearly about Elizabeth Warren, so let's make it about her," said Maloney, the top Democrat on the Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee.

The amendment, which said the top job had to be filled by the person "credited with coming up with the idea" for the CFPB, failed on a party-line vote.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/04/gop-blocks-elizabeth-warren-cfpb_n_857780.html

[napi21]

1. Couldn't Obama make that a recess appointment? Since Boner only works 3 out of every 4 weeks

there's certainly plenty of opportunities!

[madinmaryland]

3. Can you edit your post? Boner "works" only 3 days out of every 4 weeks

Thanks!

[napi21]

7. No I won't. I'll start calling him Boehner when he stops calling my party the democrat

party. Besides, if you are familiar with the German language, you'd know that the pronounciation of his name actually IS boner not baner.

[Botany]

2. God damn it we should win the next election in a ...

... Landslide if we played tough w/ these turd buckets. Do you want to be w/ the people who support the
people or those who support the banksters, wall street, big oil, and sending American Jobs off shore.

[givemebackmycountry]

4. NEVER underestimate the stupidity of the American people.

In the words of a great american Mr. Bart-Cop:

"WE are an extra stupid country"

Ain't that the truth.

[Botany]

5. We must find a way to by pass the suck ass media ...

.... and get the truth out. We should give up on the fundy dumb asses ... never going to get their vote anyway.

[BanzaiBonnie]

6. Then we know that's exactly who we need in the position