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title: Dems Say No, GOP Say Yes to Cordray Removal | SoftPro Blog
description: A group of Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives ask not to remove Richard Cordray as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
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# [Dems Say No, GOP Say Yes to Cordray Removal | SoftPro Blog](https://blog.softprocorp.com/2017/01/11/democrats-say-no-and-republicans-say-yes-to-removing-director-cordray)

 Written by [SoftPro](https://blog.softprocorp.com/author/leslie.wyattsoftprocorp.com) | 1/11/17, 3:20 PM

A group of 21 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives has [written a letter](http://www.dsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/CFPB-letter.pdf) to President-elect Donald Trump asking him not to remove Richard Cordray as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.  Meanwhile, republican senators Ben Sasse of Nebraska and Mike Lee of Utah are both asking president elect Donald Trump to immediately fire Cordray.  To read more click on the links below.

[Two GOP seantors want Cordray removed ASAP](http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-trump-cordray-20170110-story.html)

[Democrats to Trump - Do Not Fire Cordray](http://www.themreport.com/daily-dose/01-10-2017/house-democrats-not-remove-cordray)

 

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