The ability of Mick Mulvaney to hold two hats at once in the executive branch has been at times a source of humor, with Mulvaney joking about his workload, and Rep. Michael Capuano (D-Mass.) joking about Mulvaney’s interest in adding a third role as Speaker of the House upon news that Paul Ryan was not running for re-election.
Yet in oral arguments before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, the joint jobs Mulvaney has as director of the Office of Management and Budget and the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are at the heart of what the three-judge panel may rule in English v. Trump.
Read on for more from the oral arguments.
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