Elizabeth Warren

Dems suggest CFPB nominee had role in ‘zero-tolerance’ border policy

06/19/18

Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown sought details on whether an OMB official was involved in the policy of separating children from their parents.

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Banks took wide-ranging actions to head off more sales abuses: OCC

06/15/18

The agency has provided new information about changes large and midsize banks are making in the wake of the Wells Fargo scandal, but Senate Democrats continue to press for more details.

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Otting’s ‘discrimination’ comment is blow to CRA efforts: Senate Dems

06/14/18

The OCC chief’s bizarre statements in House testimony produced shock waves that reached the Senate Banking Committee Thursday.

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Senior Democrats to Mulvaney: Stop 'starving' CFPB of consumer data

06/11/18

Though Mick Mulvaney has restarted the agency's data collection process, Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Mark Warner said collecting more information was the key to writing better rules.

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Even with Trump's support, pot banking bill may still fall short

06/11/18

Despite bipartisan support, the latest congressional effort to enable the legal marijuana industry's access to the banking system still faces plenty of roadblocks.

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Strange bedfellows: Trump backs Warren's pot banking bill

06/08/18

In a break with his own Justice Department, President Trump suggested Friday he would sign a bill co-authored by Sen. Elizabeth Warren to protect financial institutions that help legal marijuana businesses.

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After reg relief, are Dems a party of Warren or a party of compromise?

06/08/18

Months after a group of Democrats helped propel Dodd-Frank reforms forward, the opposition party’s identity crisis on banking policy is still on full display.

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'So much for the C in CFPB': Comments of the week

06/08/18

Readers react to members of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's advisory board getting fired, opine on Sen. Elizabeth Warren slamming deregulation, weigh in on facial recognition technologies and more.

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Warren floats pot banking bill to help states circumvent federal ban

06/07/18

The bipartisan legislation would enable business in legal-marijuana states to access banking services, removing a key hurdle for a fast-growing industry.

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#Warren2020 gains steam with sweeping pitch for new regs

06/05/18

The Massachusetts senator and architect of the CFPB offered a sharp contrast to the administration's deregulatory agenda and sent strong signals of a presidential run.

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