New Jersey Citizen Action Calls on Senate to Confirm Chopra

President Biden’s nominee to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will advance to the Senate floor for a vote following a 12–12 tie vote in the Senate Banking Committee. Under Senate rules, even though there was a tie in the committee vote, the Majority Leader (Chuck Schumer) can move the nomination to the floor for a vote by the full Senate.

Consumer advocacy groups have been supportive of Chopra since his nomination. For example, representatives of Americans for Financial Reform weighed-in with these remarks: