Consumer Protection Agency News

GOP blocks Obama nominee to head financial agency

By theGrio

11:45 AM on 12/08/2011

WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked President Barack Obama's choice to head the new consumer protection agency that was designed to help curtail the excesses and abuses that led to the financial meltdown...
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Obama picks consumer adviser, dodges Senate fight

By theGrio

2:18 PM on 09/17/2010

WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama had spoken glowingly of Elizabeth Warren as a possible leader of the bureau, created in response to the 2008 financial meltdown...
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Financial reform may do little to squash mortgage scams

By Monique W. Morris

8:05 AM on 05/24/2010

OPINION - The financial reform bill will allow for new rules on mortgage lending, but it may end up doing little to protect consumers from mortgage-related scams...
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Why we can't compromise on consumer protection

By Monique W. Morris

9:52 AM on 04/14/2010

OPINION - This latest fiscal debacle has left families of color, unlike the majority of their white counterparts, with debt that has increased faster than income...
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