LEGAL
2 min readAppeals Court Allows CFPB Staff Reduction Plan to Proceed
TrueGov Editorial Team•5 months ago•2 min read
DC Circuit overturns lower court's block on administration's workforce changes
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A federal appeals court has ruled 2-1 to vacate a lower court's preliminary injunctions that had blocked the Trump administration's plans to reduce staffing at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The ruling enables the administration to potentially proceed with a workforce reduction that would affect approximately 1,500 of the agency's 1,700 employees.