A bill being marked up by the House Wednesday is called the “CFPB Transparency and Accountability Reform Act,” but it reminds the head of the Center for Responsible Lending of the attempt in 2017 to shut down the bureau. The CFPB was created in 2010 to enforce provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act, which Congress passed to prevent abuses that contributed to the financial meltdown in 2007 that led to the Great Recession.
