45 GOP Senators Filibustering Consumer Protection Nominee Have Received Millions From Wall Street This Year

45 GOP Senators Filibustering Consumer Protection Nominee Have Received Millions From Wall Street This Year: pThe Senate today is scheduled to vote on the nomination of former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the new agency created by the Dodd-Frank financial reform law. It’s unlikely, at this point, that Democrats have enough votes to overcome a Republican filibuster. Forty-five Republican senators have pledged to [...]/p