Summary
A long-simmering dispute over a powerful new consumer protection agency created in last year's landmark Wall Street reform law broke out into a full-fledged political battle last week as Senate Republicans moved to prevent the White House from installing a new czar at the agency.
With Democrats and their liberal allies urging President Obama to use the Memorial Day recess to appoint consumer advocate and Harvard professor Elizabeth Warren to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to avoid a Senate confirmation fight, Republicans on Thursday moved to prevent the Senate from recessing - making it impossible for Mr. Obama to install her or a number of other controversial nominees to unfilled posts.See the full content of this document
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; Gop Blocks Warren Recess Nod
"President Obama has been packing agencies with left-wing ideologues, but thankfully he won't be able to for at least the next week," said Sen. Jim DeMint, South Carolina Republican, after he and other Senate conservatives convinced the House Republican leadership not to send the Senate an adjournment resolution. "No controversi...
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