Championed by Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) as early as 2007, the CFPB was created as part of a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. financial system designed to prevent a repeat of the high-risk ...

But on the other side of the aisle, a group of 132 Republican members of Congress argued that Dodd-Frank included many provisions that were designed to insulate the CFPB from the appropriations ...

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is lawfully funded by Congress, dealing a blow to conservatives who have long had the watchdog in their crosshairs ...

Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to CFPB, Says Funding Structure Constitutional In a 7-2 ruling, the court held that the Dodd-Frank Act did not violate the Constitution by funding the consumer ...

Democrats and financial industry critics celebrated Wednesday after the Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) funding structure. “The United ...

Noel J. Francisco, a former solicitor general representing the payday groups, struggled to convince a majority of the justices that Congress had inappropriately delegated its authority to the CFPB. He ...

Conservatives appear to be setting the stage for yet another legal fight over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) funding structure, just weeks after the watchdog agency survived a ...

Supreme Court rejects broad challenge to consumer watchdog CFPB. The Biden administration urged the Supreme Court to reject an appeals court decision that cast doubt on Congress’s authority to ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case challenging the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's authority to pursue enforcement actions brought before the court held that the ...