Warren Calls Mulvaney’s CFPB Stint a ‘Vanity Project’

Mick Mulvaney is indulging in “an ideologically-driven vanity project” at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that can only mean he’s shirking his duties as President Donald Trump’s top budget official, Senator Elizabeth Warren said in a letter on Friday.

The Massachusetts Democrat said Mulvaney should instead be focusing his attention on preparing for a looming government shutdown next week instead of trying to do double duty at CFPB and the Office of Management and Budget. Trump and Congress still appear far from reaching a funding agreement needed by Dec. 8 to keep the government operating.