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June 7, 2018

Mick Mulvaney Fires Advisory Board of Consumer Financial Watchdog
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White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney fired the entire advisory
board of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday, in the
latest move by the Trump administration to render the agency toothless.
This comes after Mulvaney, who serves as acting director of the consumer
watchdog, requested $0 in funding for the CFPB earlier this year. As a
Republican congressmember from South Carolina, Mulvaney repeatedly voted
in favor of bills that would have eliminated the bureau.


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