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Trump Is Right: Rogue Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Must Go

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Almost immediately after the Senate named Russ Vought Office of Management and Budget director, President Donald Trump also named him the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a rogue agency with a long history of overreach and corruption. The agency has seen rampant internal racism and anti-woman bias, according to the General Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau hurts consumers by slapping unnecessary fines and regulations on lenders, making it harder for them to lend and…

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Amid safety concerns, AFGE urges Congress to increase Bureau of Prisons funding

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Union officials are urging Congress to provide more funding to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. BOP has spent years struggling with staff attrition, and safety and security issues. The American Federation of Government Employees said the fiscal 2024 budget for BOP, as part of the recent government funding deal, would only worsen the agency’s current 40% staffing shortage. And AFGE warned that a 38% cut to funding for facility maintenance would make federal prisons more dangerous environments for both employees and inmates. (BOP needs more funding, not Less, to address…

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