Housing Issues and the Congressional Agenda
The Treasury Department Office of Thrift Supervision held a forum on the national housing market and consumer issues. Rep. Michael Oxley, chairman, and Rep. Barney Frank, ranking member of t…
112 viewsThe Treasury Department Office of Thrift Supervision held a forum on the national housing market and consumer issues. Rep. Michael Oxley, chairman, and Rep. Barney Frank, ranking member of t…
112 viewsRep. Barney Frank, incoming House Financial Services Committee chairman, held a press conference on committee priorities for the 110th Congress. Among the issues he addressed were consumer b…
72 viewsRepresentative Barney Frank, incoming chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, spoke about the financial services agenda for the 110th Congress. Several panelists then talked abou…
131 viewsRep. Frank was interviewed about the recent Congressional elections, the upcoming transition in the House leadership, and his thoughts as he prepares to assume chairmanship of the House Fina…
84 viewsProceedings were briefly interrupted by a protester in the gallery during debate on detainee treatment (approximately 1:50 p.m.).
View in Congressional Chronicle1,542 viewsThe House convened for a legislative session.
View in Congressional Chronicle2,152 viewsThe House Financial Services Committee held a hearing entitled “Sarbanes-Oxley at Four: Protecting Investors and Strengthening the Markets.”
440 viewsThe House debated overriding President Bush’s veto of stem cell legislation.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,276 viewsThe House debated a Constitutional Amendment on the definition of marriage. The amendment failed to gain the required two-thirds majority to pass.
View in Congressional Chronicle2,820 viewsDuring a portion of the session the House debated and passed an extension of the 1965 Voting Rights Act for 25 years on a vote of 390 to 33.
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