The New Nullification: GOP v. Obama Nominees
The New Republic
Elizabeth Warren won’t get a chance to run the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but Richard Cordray may. And perhaps that’s good news.
Warren, the Harvard Law Professor and champion of consumer interests, may run for the U.S. Senate, seeking the seat Ted Kennedy once occupied and that Republican Scott Brown now does. Although a first-time candidate, she could be formidable. As for Cordray, the former Ohio attorney general, he was the first state official to sue a mortgage servicer over foreclosure fraud. “Progressives think extremely highly of Cordray,” says Amy Hanauer, executive director of Policy Matters Ohio. “He’s smart, strategic and excellent on the issues. He stood up for consumers in Ohio and I think he would in this role, too.”
But wait
Lame duck is an opportunity for legislators to act on data centers (and more)