Tag Archives: Sen. Sherrod Brown

There is an old saying in sports that a tie game is like kissing your sister. I bet that Rohit Chopra feels a little differently this morning after the Senate Banking Committee voted 12-12 on his nomination to be the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Because of …

The Senate Banking Committee announced yesterday that it will hold its confirmation hearing for the nomination of Rohit Chopra to be the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday, March 2. The hearing, which will be conducted remotely, will be livestreamed and available to be watched via …

A quintet of Senate Democrats have introduced a bill that aims to make it easier for consumers to have student loans and medical debts discharged when filing for bankruptcy protection. The Medical Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2021, S.146, was introduced by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-R.I.], Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-Ohio], Sen. …

The change in control of the Senate means that there will be a new Sherrod in town in charge of the committee that most directly deals with debt collections, and Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-Ohio], the new chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, met with reporters yesterday to outline his agenda …

Anyone who follows the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection on a regular basis has been waiting for Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-Mass.] to weigh in on President Trump’s selection of Kathy Kraninger to be the agency’s next permanent direction and the Senator did not disappoint when she finally broke her silence …