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Every change in presidential administration results in shifts to agencies’ policy priorities and enforcement efforts. In a Biden Administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or “Bureau”), in particular, is expected to undergo significant changes. Headlines will focus on potential replacements of the CFPB Director, an issue which has been controversial in the past and may take months to address through the nomination and confirmation process in 2021.[i] But equally important will be a shifting enforcement focus: we anticipate that, under President-Elect Biden, the CFPB will revive the “disparate impact doctrine” (the “Doctrine”) as a means for curtailing business practices that result in racial disparities, whether intended or not. Although there has been significant debate about the Doctrine’s validity as applied to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974 (“ECOA”), codified at 1
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President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris s inauguration committee is urging people to not travel and stay at home during the inauguration on January 20 due to the ongoing pandemic.
“The 59th Presidential Inauguration will be a historic and exciting event that showcases the strength and diversity of our nation and one that every American can enjoy from their home, the Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) said in a statement on December 15.
President-elect @JoeBiden and Vice President-elect @KamalaHarris will be inaugurated during a time of unprecedented crisis for our country. (1/5) pic.twitter.com/n2zT0Ew2DG Biden Inaugural Committee (@BidenInaugural) December 15, 2020
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Meet The Progressives Joe Biden Could Put In Key Foreign Policy Jobs
Activists sent the president-elect a list of 100 experts they say would help him craft a less hawkish U.S. approach highlighting their diversity and lack of corporate ties.
President-elect Joe Bidenhas now tapped his most important deputies on foreign policy: Tony Blinken for the State Department, Lloyd Austin for the Pentagon, Avril Haines as his director of national intelligence, and Jake Sullivan as his national security adviser at the White House. Next comes the crucial question of who
their deputies will be, a matter that is almost as important as Biden’s Cabinet-level choices because of how many decisions at key agencies are made below the level of the top boss.
With Transition Underway, BlueGreen Alliance Calls for Social Infrastructure Investment
December 18, 2020 12:36 ET | Source: BlueGreen Alliance BlueGreen Alliance Minneapolis, Minnesota, UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 18, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) With the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris just weeks away, the BlueGreen Alliance released a new policy document calling for “social infrastructure” investments in the public sector and public services.
“Properly resourced social infrastructure health care systems, public health agencies, education, community-based services, and more is necessary to prepare the nation for disasters, whether climate change or the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,” said BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director Jason Walsh. “For too long our social infrastructure has been neglected and now as COVID-19 devastates our communities we are seeing the impact
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email Amid Massive Hack, Lawmakers Urge Trump to Sign Defense Bill with New Cybersecurity Legislation
As the government scrambles to understand the widening compromise, legislation to shore up the nation’s cyber defenses sits unsigned on the President’s desk.
As the U.S. government grapples with what some are calling the worst cyber breach in years, lawmakers are pressing President Trump to sign sweeping new cybersecurity provisions contained in this year’s National Defense Authorization Act. Two lawmakers who worked on the provisions said that the recently disclosed hack shows how vulnerable the U.S. continues to be to adversaries like Russia.