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

Monday, August 11, 2025

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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