Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Prominent Journalist, David Dayen, Describes his Reporting on the Efforts of Trump 2.0 to Curb CFPB
The Regulatory Situation After the Trump Executive Orders Regulatory Freeze Pending Review
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, the then-acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), emailed staff on February 3 directing employees to cease all rulemaking activities, delay the implementation of...more
On January 20, 2021, White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain issued a memorandum ordering a temporary freeze of new or pending rules in order “to ensure that the President’s appointees or designees have the opportunity” to...more
In this Issue. In one of its first acts after being installed on January 20, the Biden Administration issued a regulatory freeze on new agency rules that have been adopted but are not yet effective; in one of its final acts...more
Federal Regulation Actions Frozen Pending Review from New Administration - On January 20, 2021, newly inaugurated President Joe Biden issued a memorandum to the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies asking current...more
On January 20, President Biden’s Chief of Staff Ronald Klain issued a memorandum to the heads of executive departments and agencies setting forth the terms of a regulatory freeze. ...more