McConnell Claims New Agency Would ‘Bring Down The Banking System’ By Protecting Consumers

"The GOP may have decided this is a clever line of attack, but that doesn’t make it any more true." Seems to be the story of McConnell's life.


McConnell Claims New Agency Would ‘Bring Down The Banking System’ By Protecting Consumers: pLast week, Senate Republicans filibustered the nomination of former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray to be the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The GOP’s plan to justify their filibuster seems to be portraying the CFPB director as a “czar” — a favorite way for Republicans to deride federal officials they don’t like [...]/p