take the point you just made. the consumer financial bureau was set up by dodd/frank under the law. this is the first time in senates history, ever, that one political party has blocked someone s confirmation because they don t like the agency. actually it s the second time. the first time was when they did this with cordray a couple years ago. they don t object to him. they want to emasculate the agency. mcconnell said he wishes the consumer bureau didn t exist. most of my republican colleagues want to do wall street s bidding and emasculate or weaken the agency so it doesn t have much authority. then they ll confirm the director. if you set that precedent that you only confirm people when you like the agency, we cannot really run a functional government in this country. and that s what s especially insidious about what they re doing. senator merkley, you ve been leading the charge on filibuster reform. i cheer you on in the democratic process.
objection to the nominee, but because of the agency they re actually nominated to head, you don t like that. yeah. first of all, mitch mcconnell s the only person i know who thinks washington is works just fine and he likes the way it s working. take the point you just made. the consumer financial bureau was set up by dodd/frank under the law. this is the first time in sen e senates history, ever, that one political party has blocked someone s confirmation because they don t like the agency. actually it s the second time. the first time was when they did this with cordray a couple years ago. they don t object to him. they want to emasculate the agency. mcconnell said he wishes the consumer bureau didn t exist. most of my republican colleagues want to do wall street s bidding and emasculate or weaken the agency so it doesn t have much authority. then they ll confirm the director. if you set that precedent that you only confirm people when you like the agency, we cannot
someone s confirmation because they don t like the agency. actually it s the second time. the first time was when they did this with cordray a couple years ago. they don t object to him. they want to emasculate the agency. mcconnell said he wishes the consumer bureau didn t exist. most of my republican colleagues want to do wall street s bidding and emasculate or weaken the agency so it doesn t have much authority. then they ll confirm the director. if you set that precedent that you only confirm people when you like the agency, we cannot really run a functional government in this country. and that s what s especially insidious about what they re doing. senator merkley, you ve been leading the charge on filibuster reform. i cheer you on in the democratic process. harry reid, we re taking it serious this time, we re going to get tough, we re going to get serious and again and again and again it doesn t happen.