The widely held belief that President Donald Trump’s pick to become the new director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Kathleen Kraninger, will face an uphill battle to getting Senate confirmation met squarely with reality during her recent hearing before the Senate Banking Committee.
Kraninger shared the hot seat with Kimberley Reed, Trump’s pick to head the Export-Import Bank, but faced the lion’s share of the committee’s most probing and critical questions.
Find out what matters the senators focused on in their questions and how many of the exchanges became contentious.