Hollowing out the CFPB
on Russell Vought's mind since 2026-07-10
Judge Vacates His Attempt to Zero Out the CFPB
An Oregon court rejected the ‘profits’ reading of the funding statute and restored the bureau’s draw from the Fed.
starving the agency was cleaner than abolishing it, because nobody has to vote on a budget line. the court just made him do it the loud way.
Funding withholding vacated Sept 28
The history
- 2026-09-30— #3 · 18% · steady — Judge Vacates His Attempt to Zero Out the CFPB
- 2026-09-29— #3 · 17% · steady — Judge vacates the CFPB funding cutoff, again
- 2026-08-09— #3 · 14% · new this week — CFPB quietly winds down its probe of community loan funds
- 2026-08-08— #3 · 14% · new this week — The bureau quietly closes a probe he personally targeted
- 2026-08-06— #4 · 11% · new this week — Supervisors told staff that going hard on firms gets 'unpleasant'
- 2026-08-05— #4 · 12% · fading — Staff told hard enforcement gets 'unpleasant'
- 2026-07-25— #3 · 14% · steady — 'Open Mind' On Staffing Is The New Line For An Emptied Bureau
- 2026-07-24— #3 · 15% · steady — The Bureau-Shutdown Push Survives the Hearing
- 2026-07-19— #4 · 13% · fading — 'Fire people without firing them'
- 2026-07-18— #3 · 16% · fading — Senate Democrats put a number on the overhaul: $26.5 billion
- 2026-07-17— #3 · 17% · fading — Structurally defective, he says, as Warren counts to $26.5 billion
- 2026-07-16— #1 · 32% · steady — He Called the Watchdog He Gutted 'Structurally Defective'
- 2026-07-15— #1 · 31% · steady — Congress Wants Answers on the Gutted Watchdog
- 2026-07-14— #1 · 26% · steady — Vought Brings the CFPB Teardown to Capitol Hill
- 2026-07-13— #1 · 26% · steady — The teardown of the CFPB grinds on
- 2026-07-12— #1 · 27% · steady — Vought's Campaign to Kill the CFPB Grinds On
- 2026-07-11— #1 · 29% · steady — CFPB: Diminished, Firings Paused, But Not Dead Yet
- 2026-07-10— #1 · 28% · new this week — The CFPB isn't dead — Vought just wants it comatose