Nearly two-thirds of Americans, 63 percent, favor having a panel of Democrats and Republicans running the CFPB, not a single director, according to a recent survey on financial regulation by the libertarian Cato Institute. Surprisingly, support is stronger among Democrats (67 percent) than Republicans (64 percent) for such a commission. But there’s more of a split when it comes to the bureau’s finances. A slight majority (54 percent) indicated Congress should not set the CFPB’s budget and should only have limited oversight of the agency. “Given that only 7 percent of the country has confidence in Congress, these numbers are not surprising,” said Emily Ekins, a research fellow and director of polling at the Cato Institute and author of the ...