Obama Makes Recess Appointment of Cordray, Clears the Way for Full CFPB Regulatory Powers
January 5, 2012
President Obama this week moved to break a GOP blockade in the Senate by making a recess appointment of Richard Cordray to become director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a political maneuver that defies 20 years of precedent and may set the stage for a legal challenge. The Obama administration claimed that it is fully within its Constitutional authority to place the new director into his position, dismissing as a gimmick the pro-forma sessions Republicans used to block the nomination. A number of consumer groups came out in support of the appointment. The president’s allies in Congress were...
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