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Mick Mulvaney quietly changes the CFPB’s name

By Joseph Lawler
Published April 23, 2018 4:01am ET
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Mick Mulvaney quietly changes the CFPB’s name
Mick Mulvaney speaks during a news conference after his first day as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Washington, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. | (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

Mick Mulvaney is making sweeping changes to the consumer agency he temporarily leads, including its name.

The symbolic tweak has been overlooked as Mulvaney has pursued numerous other, more concrete changes, such as delaying a major new federal regulation of payday lending.

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