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NYC Comptroller calls for strengthening city, state consumer protection laws, regulations

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Accusing the Trump Administration of “dismantling” the CFPB, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is calling on city and state officials to fill the void by strengthening consumer protection laws and rules in the city and...more

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Senate Parliamentarian says elimination of CFPB funding cannot be included in budget bill but delay of Section 1071 rule passes...

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The Senate parliamentarian has ruled that a key Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (Banking Committee) provision that would eliminate all funding for the CFPB cannot be included in the massive budget reconciliation...more

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Senate Banking Republican reconciliation bill would eliminate CFPB funding source

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The Senate Banking, Housing and Affairs Committee (Banking Committee) would eliminate the CFPB’s current funding source, as part of Committee’s Republican version of its part of the massive budget reconciliation bill,...more

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House Financial Services Committee finds savings by slashing CFPB budget

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The House Financial Services Committee has approved its part of the massive budget bill, saving some $1 billion by, among other things, slashing the CFPB’s budget by more than 60%....more

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Legislation to eliminate all funding for CFPB introduced in House, Senate

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Legislation that would eliminate all funding for the CFPB has been introduced in the House and Senate, with the main House sponsor now calling for the bill to be placed on a fast track by including it in budget...more

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Federal Judge Issues Order Prohibiting Massive Layoffs, Budget Cuts at CFPB Pending Ruling on Motion for Preliminary Injunction

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A federal judge has issued an order temporarily prohibiting the Trump Administration from imposing mass layoffs and budget cuts at the CFPB....more

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City of Baltimore and National Treasury Employees Union file separate suits to keep the CFPB funded and operating

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Accusing the CFPB of planning to use its funding mechanism to abolish the agency, the mayor and the city council of Baltimore (the “City of Baltimore”) and the Economic Action Maryland Fund (the “Economic Fund”), a nonprofit...more

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The CFPB Survives: Our Take on the Supreme Court Decision

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On May 16, 2024, the United States Supreme Court, in a 7-2 opinion authored by Justice Clarence Thomas, upheld the constitutionality of the funding mechanism of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or “Bureau”)....more

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Nevada federal district court stays CFPB action to enforce civil investigative demand pending SCOTUS decision in CFSA case

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A Nevada federal district court has stayed an action filed by the CFPB to enforce a civil investigative demand (CID) issued to a small-dollar lender pending the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Community Financial Services...more

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Clues On High Court Outcome In CFPB Constitutionality Case

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On October 3, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America, the latest in a long line of cases targeting the constitutionality...more

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The Validity of More Than a Decade’s Worth of Federal Regulations Are at Stake as the U.S. Supreme Court Decides the...

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On October 3, 2023, the United States Supreme Court heard oral argument in Community Financial Services Association of America Ltd., et al. v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, et al., in which the Court was asked to...more

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CFPB Funding Challenge: Supreme Court Appears Skeptical

On October 3, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in CFPB v. Community Financial Services Association of America to decide whether the CFPB’s funding structure violates the Constitution’s Appropriations Clause....more

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Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Challenge to CFPB’s Funding Structure

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On October 3, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Community Financial Services Association of America, Limited (CFSA) v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau), a case in which the Fifth Circuit held that...more

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SCOTUS to hear oral argument on Oct. 3 in case challenging constitutionality of CFPB’s funding

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The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled oral argument on October 3, 2023 in Community Financial Services Association of America Ltd. v. CFPB.  In the case, CFSA has asked the Supreme Court to affirm the Fifth Circuit panel’s...more

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132 Members of Congress File Amici Brief Urging Supreme Court to Find CFPB Funding Structure Unconstitutional

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As discussed here, on October 19, 2022, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Community Financial Services Association of America, Limited (CFSA) v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) held that the CFPB’s funding...more

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Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Finds CFPB Funding Mechanism Unconstitutional Violation of Appropriations Clause

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On October 19, 2022, three judges in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the funding mechanism of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is unconstitutional. Specifically, the court found CFPB’s receiving...more

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As Federal Shutdown Continues, Financial Regulators Seek to Address Related Impacts

With no immediate end in sight to the current federal shutdown, financial regulators are seeking to minimize the adverse impacts of the shutdown on individuals. In a January 11, 2019, press release, the Board of Governors of...more

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How is the government shutdown impacting the federal banking agencies and consumer financial services regulators?

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The CFPB and the federal banking agencies—the FDIC, Fed, and OCC— remain open during the government shutdown as their funding does not come from congressional appropriations.  ...more

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CFPB issues Spring 2018 semi-annual report

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The CFPB has issued its Spring 2018 Semi-Annual Report to Congress covering the period October 1, 2017 through March 31, 2018. ...more

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