Tag Archives: Senate Banking Committee

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 has announced that it will vote tomorrow on the nomination of Rohit Chopra to be the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Should he be approved by the Senate Banking Committee, Chopra’s nomination would go to the entire Senate for approval in the final …

If anything, the confirmation hearing held yesterday for Rohit Chopra to be the new director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau showed us more about the agendas of the members of the Senate Banking Committee and less about learning the priorities and vision that Chopra has for the agency, should …

If his opening statement is any indication of his views on the debt collection industry, then the type of regulation that Rohit Chopra is going to bring to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — should he pass his confirmation hearing today and become the agency’s next director — is starting …

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 …

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 …