The last time Patrick McHenry, the Billy Zabka of the House Republican caucus, held a hearing with a member of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, it didn't turn out too well. He called Elizabeth Warren a liar and generally tried to bully her, and received quite a backlash in the process.
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You won't find more of a spectacle on Capitol Hill than what happened in a House hearing Tuesday featuring consumer watchdog Elizabeth Warren, the White House aide building the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. At the hearin... Read Post
(Source: U.S. Treasury Dept.) Do Republicans really hate consumers? Apparently, if the reception Elizabeth Warren had at yesterday's House Financial Services Committee oversight hearing on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is... Read Post
Elizabeth Warren faces a House Financial Services Subcommittee today. The hearing is called “Who’s Watching the Watchmen? Oversight of the Consumer Protection Bureau." It's chaired by Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC), one of the more ide... Read Post