Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked more than a dozen Democratic resolutions aimed at reversing the Trump administration's dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Democrats forced votes on approximately 20 resolutions targeting policy changes made since the Republican administration took control of the bureau in February 2025. The measures addressed rules involving debt collection, buy now-pay later firms, overdraft fees, credit report privacy, and mortgage lending.

The voting effort was led by Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, who originally proposed creating the CFPB in 2007. Democrats used the Congressional Review Act, which allows Congress to overturn recently finalized federal regulations through Joint Resolutions of Disapproval.

The CFPB has rescinded 67 policies under acting director Russell Vought, who also serves as President Trump's budget director. Vought has publicly stated his goal is to effectively dismantle the agency. Much of the bureau's staff remains under orders not to work, and its operating budget is expected to shrink following Trump's tax and spending cuts.

Democrats positioned the votes as an election-year strategy to highlight their economic message and force vulnerable Republican senators to take politically difficult positions. Target senators include Susan Collins of Maine, Dan Sullivan of Alaska, and John Cornyn of Texas, all facing reelection.

Congress created the CFPB after the 2008 financial crisis as an independent regulator with broad enforcement authority over consumer financial products. The bureau reported returning $17.5 billion to consumers and imposing $4 billion in fines against financial companies by 2024. Polling has consistently shown bipartisan voter support for the agency's mission.