Roll Call: White House to Push Cordray Appointment to Consumer Bureau

White House to Push Cordray Appointment to Consumer Bureau

By Humberto Sanchez
Roll Call Staff

Dec. 4, 2011, 8 p.m.

The White House will begin a campaign Monday to push for the confirmation of Richard Cordray to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The Senate is expected to vote on Cordray’s nomination Thursday, White House officials said in a conference call with reporters today.

“With the vote slated for this week — likely Thursday, I understand — we intend to aggressively take the case for Mr. Cordray’s nomination directly to the American people,” Principal Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest said.

He added that the White House will target seven states in particular: Alaska, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Nevada, Tennessee and Utah.

In these states, the White House intends to articulate “the consumer protections that would be put in place if Mr. Cordray is confirmed and the tangible consequences for families in those states if the Senator who is elected to represent them in Washington, D.C., sides with the financial industry and votes to block his nomination,” Earnest said.

White House officials have scheduled a special briefing Monday for Washington-based print journalists from these states, and on Thursday television news stations from these states are expected to interview the president.

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