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Democrats vow to fight shutdown of consumer watchdog agency

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191 House and Senate Democrats join a letter vowing to protect Consumer Financial Protection Bureau .

They call on the OMB and Treasury Secretary to reverse course on actions targeting CFPB .

The consumer financial watchdog agency has been brought to a virtual standstill after a stop-work order was issued.

President Donald Trump said the agency was "very important to get rid of".

Democrats , in their letter, say they'll fight to defend the agency. "We beat back all prior efforts to gut this agency, and we will fight this latest attack in Congress , the courts, and the public," the lawmakers wrote. "It will fail.".

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