News Alert: Vulnerable Dems side with Warren in battle over consumer bureau

View in your browser     Vulnerable Dems side with Warren in battle over consumer bureau Some of the Senate's most vulnerable Democrats are siding with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in a fight with President Trump over his pick to lead the controversial Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Democratic Sens. Heidi Heitkamp (N.D.) and Jon Tester (Mont.), both big GOP targets this November in states won easily by Trump in 2016, say they are opposed to supporting Kathy Kraninger’s nomination to lead the CFPB, joining forces with Warren and other liberal colleagues. The move carries some risk for Tester and Heitkamp as Trump and the GOP seek to tie centrists running in red states to liberal leaders in their party, including Warren. It also suggests that moderate Democrats, after battling Warren over legislation rolling back parts of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform law earlier this year, are wary of another fight with the powerful senator and her allies on one of her signature issues. Read the full story here           Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for News Alerts     Forward News Alerts     You Might Like       Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  |  Email to a friend  |  Sign Up for Other Newsletters   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW 9th Floor, Washington DC 20006 ©2016 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.