Economy

Mick Mulvaney proposes to gut CFPB he currently leads

By Joseph Lawler
Published February 12, 2018 8:31pm ET
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Mick Mulvaney proposes to gut CFPB he currently leads
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is currently headed by acting director Mick Mulvaney — the same person who, in his other role as director of the Office of Management and Budget, called for the cuts. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) | Jacquelyn Martin

Funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau would move to the congressional appropriations process and then be almost completely wiped out, under President Trump’s budget proposal for fiscal 2019.

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