The wait-and-see period regarding Kathy Kraninger’s nomination to become the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could end virtually any time now that Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has filed for cloture on the matter.
There is little reason to doubt Kraninger would be confirmed by a party-line vote before the end of the year, making the vote to end debate over her nomination perhaps the last true potential stumbling block between Kraninger and the director’s chair.
Read on to learn more about what needs to happen for her to be confirmed.