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Kelly Riddell is a former columnist and commentary writer for The Washington Times.

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"The CFPB has done the dealers a massive injustice," Rep. David Scott, Georgia Democrat, declared shortly before the House Financial Services Committee voted 47-10 last week to nullify guidance that the CFPB issued in 2013 regarding car loans. (Associated Press)

Democrats decry government overreach, sloppy math in CFPB crackdown on auto loans

President Obama's newest regulatory agency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, acted without Congress' blessing in taking away lending flexibility from auto dealers. And it did so after conducting a discrimination study that it acknowledged was at least 20 percent inaccurate because officials guessed the race of car buyers.

August 5, 2015
President Barack Obama points to the audience as he departs after speaking at the Catholic-Evangelical Leadership Summit on Overcoming Poverty at Gaston Hall at Georgetown University in Washington, Tuesday, May 12, 2015. The president said that "it's a mistake" to think efforts to stamp out poverty have failed and the government is powerless to address it. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Obama administration restricts investigative powers of inspectors general

The Obama administration formally announced that inspectors general will have to get permission from their agency heads to gain access to grand jury, wiretap and fair credit information -- an action that severely limits the watchdogs' oversight capabilities, independence and power to uncover fraud.

July 23, 2015
Democratic Senate candidate Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Fla., speaks to supporters and the media Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010, in Miami, after he conceded Florida's senate race to Republican Marco Rubio. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

Florida fights payday loan government regulation, pushes own law as national model

As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau embarks on a rule-making process that payday lenders estimate will put 70 percent of their industry out of business, a former Florida lawmaker who was instrumental in helping the Sunshine State pass one of toughest laws protecting consumers from predatory lending is warning that the federal proposal is too heavy-handed, strips states of their rights and deprives consumers of emergency lending options.

July 21, 2015
Consumers say President Obama drove their demand fore firearms. (Associated Press/File)

Marine cancels Virginia gun shop plans

Marine Corp. veteran James Gates has canceled his plan to open a gun shop in Arlington amid community protest and outrage and his landlord's decision to pull his lease.

July 21, 2015
DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz is among the Florida Democrats rebelling against the CFPB's proposed "one-size-fits-all" policy that will limit consumer choice in loans. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama-Elizabeth Warren payday lender rules slammed by Florida Democrats

Florida's congressional Democrats are rebelling against the new financial oversight agency championed by President Obama and liberal icon Elizabeth Warren, slamming its proposed payday lenders rules as a bad example of a "one-size-fits-all policy" that will limit consumers' banking choices.

June 17, 2015
Analysts on political money have said the pattern of Hillary Rodham Clinton's intervention on behalf of donors to her husband's charity raise troubling ethical questions. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton’s favors to foundation donors stretch back to Senate days

Hillary Rodham Clinton's efforts to provide favors to major donors to her husband's global charity or her own political career stretch back far earlier than her tenure as America's top diplomat, dating to the time she served as a U.S. senator and had the power to earmark federal funds and influence legislation, records show.

June 10, 2015
Assault weapons and handguns are seen for sale at Capitol City Arms Supply in Springfield, Illinois. Residents of Arlington, Virginia, are trying to bully Marine Corps veteran James Gates, 28, from opening a gun shop in their neighborhood. (Associated Press)

Gun shop proposal from Marine Corps veteran riles Arlington, Virginia

Residents of Arlington, Virginia -- which in 2012 overwhelmingly voted for President Obama and sits directly across the Potomac River from the nation's capital -- are trying to bully Marine Corps veteran James Gates, 28, from opening a gun shop in their neighborhood.

May 25, 2015
Chris Cox, executive director of the Institute for Legislative Action, the political and lobbying arm of the National Rifle Association, speaks during the annual meeting of members at the NRA convention Saturday, April 11, 2015, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) ** FILE **

NRA: NRA’s Chris Cox sees surge in gun rights support heading into 2016

The National Rifle Association is planning a major voter-outreach program for the 2016 presidential election, buoyed by its success in targeted elections last year and hoping to capitalize on Americans' growing belief that gun ownership will make them safer as fear of crime rises, its chief lobbyist says.

May 19, 2015
NRA's Chris Cox said predictions that more Americans carrying guns would lead to more deaths haven't proved true. (Associated Press)

NRA plots 2016 strategy as gun rights support grows

The National Rifle Association is planning a major voter-outreach program for the 2016 presidential election, buoyed by its success in targeted elections last year and hoping to capitalize on Americans' growing belief that gun ownership will make them safer as fear of crime rises, its chief lobbyist says.

May 17, 2015