. >> the idea for the agency was elizabeth warner, she's been a dear friend of mine, somebody i've known since law school and i've been in conversations with her. >> reporter: sources say warren will be be assistant to the president and advisor to treasury secretary geithner and writes the rules governing credit cards, and the move frufs, this is a disingenuous effort to circumvent the senate confirmation process and i oppose it. >> reporter: this senator says it's a pattern. >> creating czars and czarinas unaccountable. last time i checked there are three dozen of them. >> reporter: warren's scolding of banks during the crisis, and push to raise taxes,out of here expertise, bankruptcy, but made her a hero on main street. ♪ . >> reporter: suspects say warren's a victim of the republican filibuster strategy. >> said that, look, i think she's qualified, and seems the opposition expressed already, by certain votes you need to have to overcome the 60 vote margin. >> reporter: as much as they warren about warren, republicans are troubled the agency itself is too powerful. >> i'm all for con