The National Credit Union Administration board member is requesting comment on a proposal to create new consumer compliance measures for "large, complex credit unions."
A letter from the Ohio Democrat claims Rodney Hood, chairman of the National Credit Union Administration, is using social media to "inappropriately curry favor with the president, seriously compromising the independence of the agency."
The move to alter the government's preferred stock purchase agreements is the first major one under FHFA Director Mark Calabria's tenure to wind down the conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises.