A Houston-area Democrat serving in the House is hailing President Obama’s controversial recess appointment of a former Ohio attorney general to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. ...Obama resorted to the step after Cordray’s Senate confirmation had been sidetracked for months. ...“Senate Republican obstructionism has until now prevented the bureau from fulfilling its mandate from Congress to oversee some of the worse anti-consumer practices of non-bank financial services providers, like payday lenders, debt collectors, and check-cashing outlets.” ...Sens. John Cornyn, R-San Antonio, and Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Dallas, criticised Obama’s move in statements issue on Wednesday. The GOP lawmakers claimed...