GOP senators vow to block consumer office nominee

Published February 1, 2013 10:54pm ET



WASHINGTON (AP) — Renewing a 3-year-old fight over bank oversight, Senate Republicans said Friday they will oppose President Barack Obama’s nominee to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau unless the office created after the 2008 Wall Street financial meltdown is significantly changed.

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