Local Durbin Statement on the Filibuster of Richard Cordray’s Nomination to Head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by Gary Kopycinski on December 8, 2011 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Local: Park Forest’s Sandra Zoellner Retires After 21 Years of Service June 17, 2026 Save the date for The Prairie Party at theNate June 17, 2026 Governors State Has New Soccer Complex and New Men’s Coach June 17, 2026 WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2011. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) released the following statement today after the nomination of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was blocked by filibuster: