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title: Cordray Gets Recess Appointment to Head CFPB
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# Cordray Gets Recess Appointment to Head CFPB

 January 5, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

President Obama has made a recess appointment of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”). The President had [nominated Cordray ](http://www.consumerfinancelawblog.com/2011/07/articles/consumer-financial-protection/president-obama-announces-plan-to-nominate-former-ohio-ag-to-lead-consumer-financial-protection-bureau/)as the Director in July, but Senate Republicans [blocked Cordray’s confirmation ](http://www.consumerfinancelawblog.com/2011/12/articles/consumer-financial-protection/republicans-block-cordray-nomination-for-cfpb-director/)last month. Yesterday’s recess appointment circumventing Senate approval has already triggered criticism from Republicans, who have claimed that the President ​“arrogantly circumvented the American people” and called the appointment an ​“extraordinary and entirely unprecedented power grab.”

See the post on our sister site, the Consumer Finance Law Blog, for a bit [more detail](http://www.consumerfinancelawblog.com/2012/01/articles/consumer-financial-protection/cordray-gets-recess-appointment-to-head-cfpb/).

 

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