Archive for July 2025
Summary of the Democrats’ Staff Report on the Federal Election Commission at 50 “The Deregulators Are Winning”
In May of 2025, The Hon. Joseph D. Morelle (NY-25), ranking member of the Committee on House Administration, issued a staff report (“the Report”) of the Federal Election Commission in its 50th year. At a presentation hosted by Common Cause on May 15, 2025, Rep. Morelle and others began with a blunt assessment of the…
Read MoreUpdate on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Impacts Of the Current Administration
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was created directly in response to the 2008 financial crisis, which exposed the predatory lending and weak regulation that harmed millions of American consumers. The CFPB was established by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (2010).
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