{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.merkley.senate.gov/news/in-the-news/senate-democrats-seek-complaints-about-mnuchin-the-so-called-foreclosure-king", "Senate Democrats seek complaints about Mnuchin, the so-called ‘foreclosure king’", "2016-12-16", "2016", "2016-12", "Democrat", "House", "OR", "Jeff Merkley", "M001176", "www.merkley.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Senate Democrats seek complaints about Mnuchin, the so-called \u2018foreclosure king\u2019 \r\n\r\n     Warren, Sanders focus attacks on Trump\u2019s pick for Treasury \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFriday, December 16, 2016\r\n\r\n\t\n\r\n\r\n\r\n  \r\n    By:\u00a0\r\n    Robert Schroeder \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSenate Democrats are asking members of the public for complaints about Donald Trump\u2019s choice to lead the U.S. Treasury, in a move that reveals how much they plan to focus on his involvement with a failed subprime mortgage lender.\r\nDemocrats set up\u00a0a web site\u00a0on Friday regarding Steven Mnuchin and California-headquartered OneWest Bank, formerly known as IndyMac. Mnuchin and other investors bought IndyMac in 2009. CIT Group Inc.\u00a0CIT,\u00a0+2.05%\u00a0\u00a0 bought it in 2015.\r\nMnuchin\u2019s involvement with OneWest has already come under fire. Even before Trump formally tapped Mnuchin for the Treasury job, the California Reinvestment Coalition, an advocacy group, was blasting his expected selection and\u00a0said\u00a0the bank has foreclosed on more than 36,000 families in California alone. The group said it expected families \u201cwho lost their homes at the hands of OneWest\u201d will want to share their experiences with lawmakers.\r\nNow Democrats are asking for just that. The site asks Americans \u201cto share their personal stories of being impacted by the \u2018Foreclosure King\u2019 Steve Mnuchin.\u201d It was announced by Sens. Jeff Merkley of Oregon, Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts.\r\nMnuchin has defended the IndyMac deal, as has Trump himself.\r\nTrump nominated Mnuchin on Nov. 30, and his selection won praise from Sen. Orrin Hatch, the Utah Republican who heads the Senate Finance Committee. The panel will hold a confirmation for Mnuchin, whose nomination would also need to be approved by the full Senate.\r\nNext year, Republicans will control the Senate with 52 seats to Democrats\u2019 48. Mnuchin\u2019s confirmation is assured if all Republicans vote yes. Confirmation requires a simple majority.\r\nBut the former Goldman Sachs\u00a0GS,\u00a0+1.87%\u00a0\u00a0 banker and film producer can expect blistering criticism from the minority party.\r\n\u201cThis man has engaged in the worst kinds of practices on Wall Street and directly hurt thousands of working families,\u201d said Warren. \u201cAnd now, Donald Trump wants to literally hand him the keys to the Treasury where he can make big banks even richer at the expense of America\u2019s families.\u201d\r\n\r\n \r\n           \r\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.merkley.senate.gov/news/in-the-news/senate-democrats-seek-complaints-about-mnuchin-the-so-called-foreclosure-king"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9230528958141804, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}