Despite court rulings over the past year rebuffing Acting Director Russell Vought’s forceful attempts to shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Senate Republicans expressed little desire to reconstitute the hollowed-out mortgage regulator in a flurry of votes on Wednesday.
Senate Democrats forced votes on 20 joint resolutions linked to CFPB rules and regulatory changes instituted since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term. Only a handful of Republicans supported any of the measures, all of which failed.
Three proposals failed in roll-call votes, by which senators register their vote one by one. The remaining resolutions were quashed by voice votes, or collective "yays" and "nays."
Senators Susan Collins of M...