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    Pentagon Was Not Notified Of Proposal To Change Military Lending Act

    In a letter obtained by NPR, the Pentagon says it hasn't gotten "official notification" about a Trump administration plan to weaken the enforcement of a law protecting troops from predatory creditors.
    by Colin Dwyer Sep 11, 2018 2 minutes
    Mick Mulvaney, the acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, seen at a House committee hearing earlier this year. Under Mulvaney, the bureau has scaled back its enforcement of rules against predatory lenders.

    The Department of Defense says it has not been consulted on a recent Trump administration proposal, which would scale back the enforcement of a law meant to protect service members and their family members from predatory lenders.

    In a letter to Sen. Claire McCaskill and several other senators, obtained by NPR, the department noted that it "has not received

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