Monday, August 11, 2025

These GOP Lawmakers Referred Constituents to the CFPB for Help. Then They Voted to Gut the Agency.

A New York business frozen out of its checking account. A Georgia chemotherapy patient denied a credit card refund after a product dispute. A New Jersey service member defrauded out of their savings. Records show their representatives -- all Republicans -- referred them to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ...

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Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, voted for cuts to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but he's also routed more than 800 of his constituents' complaints to the agency -- the most of any current lawmaker from either party, ProPublica found. By @joeljacobs.bsky.social

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-- ProPublica (@propublica.org) Aug 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM

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... Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, voted for cuts to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but he's also routed more than 800 of his constituents' complaints to the agency...

Does not Sen Cornyn understand that his votes have consequences for his constituents and others?



#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-11 05:42 PM

Just shows the contempt which republicans have for their constituents. Just tell the dumb as..es anything to get them off the phone.

#2 | Posted by FedUpWithPols at 2025-08-12 07:37 AM

They're Republicans. They don't care

#3 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-08-12 06:03 PM

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