The White House will use President Barack Obama’s recess appointment powers to name Prof. Elizabeth Warren head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau if that is their only option, Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) said Thursday.Frank, the ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, told reporters he “cannot believe” that the President told Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) that he wouldn’t appoint anyone to head that agency, as some reports had indicated.
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