In Brief - - The Senate passed H.R. 1, as amended, 51-50 on July 1, 2025 (legislative day began on June 30, 2025). Vice President JD Vance broke the tie by voting for the measure and presiding over the closing of the vote....more
On June 19, the U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget issued an update on the Senate Parliamentarian’s ruling that the provision in HR 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” to eliminate all funding the CFPB may request would...more
On June 6, the OIG for the Fed and the CFPB responded to requests from Sens. Andy Kim (D-NJ) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) for a review of recent workforce reductions and contract cancellations at the CFPB. The OIG confirmed it...more
Jonathan McKernan, President Trump’s nominee to head the CFPB, pledged that the agency would “implement and enforce the federal consumer financial laws and perform each of its other statutorily assigned functions.”...more
Last week, the CFPB issued its Semi-Annual Report to Congress covering the period beginning October 1, 2022 and ending March 31, 2023. ...more
Testimony Supports Bill Requiring States to Collect Beneficial Ownership Information at Entity Formation - As we have blogged, the proposed Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 (the “Act”) seeks to ensure that persons who...more