Congressional Review Act news and trends

Senate Votes To Kill Controversial CFPB Auto Lending Rule
CFPB // April 19, 2018

Senators voted on Wednesday (April 18) to remove a 2013 piece of consumer protection legislation that was designed to stop discrimination in the auto lending market. By a vote of 51 to 47, Senators have officially unmade the CFPB guidance of a latter year, on the...

Payday Lending And The New CFPB
CFPB // December 05, 2017

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and payday loans have had a wild ride over the last 24 months. After a contentious rulemaking process, an even more contentious first draft and then a somewhat less contentious (but still pretty divisive) final rule drafting, the argument about what access consumers...

CFPB Arbitration Rule Officially Dead
CFPB // November 23, 2017

Null and void. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)’s much debated, loved and hated arbitration rule has been officially killed through the rule’s being struck from the Federal Register. Thus, it’s current status: Nullification. As reported in several places, including CU Insight, the nullification ruling comes...

When The Payday Lending Rule Drops, Opponents Are Ready To Attack
CFPB // September 19, 2017

The new rules are coming for payday lenders, and opponents of those rules are readying themselves for what will likely be a fairly dizzying battle on the subject. Payday and short-term lending is an approximately $6 billion-a-year industry, one that both critics and supporters of...

Interviews & Exclusives
CFPB Arbitration Rule Dominates Regulatory News

July 17, 2017
The CFPB opens the door to class action suits, and possibly trial lawyer riches, while across the pond, some warnings on regulatory compliance rumble, and Barclays begins ring-fencing efforts.

Quick Reads
Proposed Congressional Resolutions Aim to Overturn CFPB’s Overdraft Rule

February 13, 2025
Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolutions introduced Thursday (Feb. 13) in the U.S. House and Senate would overturn the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) final rule capping overdraft fees. The resolutions were introduced by House Financial Service Committee Chairman French Hill, R-Ark., and Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott, R-S.C., according to Thursday press releases. “The […]

Senate Votes To Kill Controversial CFPB Auto Lending Rule

April 19, 2018
Senators voted on Wednesday (April 18) to remove a 2013 piece of consumer protection legislation that was designed to stop discrimination in the auto lending market. By a vote of 51...

CFPB Arbitration Rule Officially Dead

November 23, 2017
Null and void. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)’s much debated, loved and hated arbitration rule has been officially killed through the rule’s being struck from the Federal Register. Thus,...

When The Payday Lending Rule Drops, Opponents Are Ready To Attack

September 19, 2017
The new rules are coming for payday lenders, and opponents of those rules are readying themselves for what will likely be a fairly dizzying battle on the subject. Payday and...