Democrats face hard times to replace FDIC Chairman after ‘abusive’ conduct

House Republicans are calling for massive change in part of the banking system, following serious allegations, as Breitbart News reported.

In the wake of an explosive report that highlighted "abusive" and "unprofessional conduct" at the agency when he was in charge, President Joe Biden and legislative Democrats would face significant challenges if they planned to replace Martin Gruenberg as Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).

Following the findings of an independent review that declared the working environment at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to be "hostile, abusive, and unprofessional," senior Republicans have called for a change.

Among those who have voiced concern for the issue were Republicans such as House Republican Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN), House Financial Services Committee Chairman Patrick McHenry (R-NC), and Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Tim Scott (R-SC), have called for Gruenberg to resign.

The Associated Press reported:

The incidents span from field offices to headquarters in Washington, and “arose within a workplace culture that is ‘misogynistic,’ ‘patriarchal,’ ‘insular,’ and ‘outdated’ — a ‘good ol’ boys’ club where favoritism is common, wagons are circled around managers, and senior executives with well-known reputations for pursuing romantic relations with subordinates enjoy long careers without any apparent consequence,” the report states.

More than 500 workers reported incidents of harassment, discrimination and other issues.

The chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), did, in fact, ask Gruenberg to leave. However, he simply called on the troubled FDIC boss to "work to make fundamental changes to the agency and its culture."

There are a lot of people in Washington who have speculated about how Senate Democrats, who have a razor-thin majority, may replace Gruenberg if they want to "try to salvage Democrats' financial policy agenda."

Shot Calling

The chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is theoretically a "independent" position; but, throughout the years, the office has become more politicized.

In the event that Democrats were to approve an additional FDIC head, that person would only be able to serve for a period of two months in the event that former President Donald Trump is elected to the White House in November.

Among the possible nominees, according to Punchbowl News, are:

New York Department of Financial Services Superintendent Adrienne Harris, former Deputy Director of the White House National Economic Council Bharat Ramamurti, former Assistant Treasury Secretary for Financial Institutions Graham Steele and University of California-Irvine Professor Mehrsa Baradaran.

“If Democrats want to finish much of their financial agenda this year, they might have to hope Gruenberg can hang on tight,” Punchbowl News added.