The disputed appointment has pitted the Trump White House and Justice Department against top congressional Democrats, with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., saying Deputy Director Leandra English should serve as acting director until a new boss is confirmed. She claims Trump did not have the authority to make that appointment. “It is unfortunate that Mr. Cordray decided to put his political ambition above the interests of consumers with this stunt. But English argues that the Dodd-Frank Act, a law championed by Democrats that created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, prohibits the White House from naming the director for the agency. English said she became the acting director of the bureau under the law after Richard Cordray, the now-former director, resigned last Friday.

Source: Fox News November 27, 2017 10:57 UTC