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MJ Lee Politico 12/29/2013 As an ambitious politician with eyes on the White House, Tim Pawlenty cast himself as the everyman — the working-class son of a truck driver, a practical Midwesterner, a “Sam’s Club Republican.” But when those ambitions were dashed, the former Minnesota governor found a new role that takes him a long […] December 30th, 2013 | Tags: "cybersecurity", Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Financial Services Roundtable, Gov. Tim Pawlenty, mortgages | Category: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Internet, lobbyists, Minnesota, Politicians | Comments are closed
Richard Pollock The Washington Examiner 9/13/2013 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau officials are seeking to monitor four out of every five U.S. consumer credit card transactions this year — up to 42 billion transactions – through a controversial data-mining program, according to documents obtained by the Washington Examiner. A CFPB strategic planning document for fiscal years […] September 13th, 2013 | Tags: Anti-trust, bankruptcy, checks and balances, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), credit cards, data-mining, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, mortgages, Rep. Maxine Waters, Richard Cordray | Category: 4th Amendment, Banking and finance, Congress, Department of Justice, Right to Privacy | Comments are closed
Erika Johnsen Hot Air 8/19/2013 As The Hill so aptly reminded us this morning, President Obama has overseen a “dramatic expansion of the regulatory state” and that the Code of Federal Regulations “has ballooned from 71,224 pages in 1975 to 174,545 pages last year,” further “solidifying the power of bureaucrats who churn out regulations that […] August 20th, 2013 | Tags: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act | Category: Banking and finance, Barack Obama, Economy, federal regulations, Taxes | Comments are closed
“…He has erected a Multitude of new Offices, and sent hither Swarms of Officers to harass our People, and eat out their Substance…” – The Declaration of Independence
Timothy H. Lee Forbes 7/10/2013 Since our inception, we’ve aspired to remain a nation of laws, not of men. For that to […] July 15th, 2013 | Tags: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, federal bureaucracy, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), rule of law, tyranny | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, federal regulations, Immigration reform, legislation, US Constitution | Comments are closed
Judicial Watch 6/27/2013 Judicial Watch announced today that it has obtained records from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) revealing that the agency has spent millions of dollars for the warrantless collection and analysis of Americans’ financial transactions. The documents also reveal that CFPB contractors may be required to share the information with “additional government […] June 30th, 2013 | Tags: "czar" Elizabeth Warren, Argus Information & Advisory Services, Bret Baier, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), credit cards, Deloitte Consulting, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Edward Snowden, Elizabeth Warren, Experian, financial transactions, interest rates, Personally Identifiable Information (PII), Richard Cordray, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, warrantless surveillance, Xiaoling Ang | Category: Banking and finance, corruption, legislation, Right to Privacy, US Constitution | Comments are closed
Conn Corroll The Washington Examiner 3/16/2013 Over a decade ago in 2001, the Federal Reserve planted the seeds of the 2008 financial crisis by lowering its target for the federal funds rate from 6.25 percent to 1.75 percent. Since this interest rate is a benchmark number used throughout financial markets, many first-time homebuyers were able […] March 17th, 2013 | Tags: Attorney General Eric Holder, Ben Bernanke, derivatives, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, feudalism, housing bubble, investors, Janet Yellen, JP Morgan Chase, quantitative easing, real estate, Sen. Carl Levin, Sen. John McCain | Category: "Stimulus" program, Banking and finance, banking regulations, Congress, corruption, Department of Justice, Economy, Federal Reserve | Comments are closed
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