Cordray and NLRB Appointments Unconstitutional

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  January 6th at 02:30 PM  | 

Reagan Attorney General Ed Meese and Todd Gaziano, both with my employer The Heritage Foundation, have written an excellent piece in the Washington Post explaining why the installation of Richard Cordray as head of the newly created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Richard Griffin, Sharon Block and Terence Flynn to be on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) are unconstitutional acts.The president claimed to use the constitutional power of the | Read More »

Richard Cordray, The Filibuster And The CFPB

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  December 7th at 12:30 PM  | 

Senate filibusters over nominations often have more to do with policy issues than the qualifications of a nominee.  That’s the case now with the nomination of former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray to be the first Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).  Much has been written about Cordray’s history as a liberal activist, yet the real motivation behind the Republican filibuster is an effort to protect consumers from | Read More »

This Week in Washington – October 17, 2011

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  October 17th at 11:55 AM  | 

The Senate is in session this week working on a package of appropriations bills called the “Minibus.”  The House is out this week, but will be meeting in pro forma session to block the Obama Administration from making recess appointments.  No Child Left Behind is starting to wind through the committee process in the Senate.

Richard Cordray and Over-Regulation

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  October 6th at 10:00 AM  | 

A vote is scheduled today on the nomination of Richard Cordray to be the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in the Senate Banking Committee.  This nomination battle is a proxy fight over Dodd-Frank, also known as the “Wall Street Reform Bill,” and regulatory excess.  Expect Republicans to fight the Cordray confirmation as a means to slow a regulatory behemoth that imposes a | Read More »

Liberals Continue Push for Job-Killing Agency and Regulations

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  September 10th at 09:00 AM  | 

Last year, Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) sent the President a letter raising concerns about 191 pending regulations that costs American business billions of dollars a year.   The President ignored the letter, so Speaker Boehner sent him another one.  The potential cost of these Obama regulations will be devastating to an already sputtering economy and constitute a massive hidden tax on all Americans. The only way for Senators to stop regulations | Read More »