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The House approved a bill extending unemployment benefits and expanding the first-time home buyers tax credit. Members also began work on legislation broadening the Department of Homeland’s …

The House Financial Services Committee completed its markup of four pieces of financial regulation legislation.

Officials testified on legislation proposed by the Department of the Treasury regarding the regulation of the over-the-counter derivatives market. Under the proposals the Securities and Exch…

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testified about the Obama administration’s plan to give the government greater power to oversee the financial system for major risks, a new ability to sei…

House Republican Committee leaders spoke to reporters about financial markets and the need for regulatory reform. They called for an end to bailouts of the financial sector and spoke about t…

The House convened for one-minute speeches and afterward considered bills under suspension of the rules.

The House passed Defense Department appropriations, the final of the 12 appropriation bills for fiscal year 2010. Members also a bill setting new food safety regulations requiring more inspe…

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testified about the Obama Administration’s proposal to regulate the over-the-counter derivatives market. In his testimony he said the ease with which deri…

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testified about the Obama Administration’s proposal to regulate the over-the-counter derivatives market. In his testimony he said the ease with which deri…

The House passed in a 219-212 vote the climate change and energy bill. It includes cap and trade provisions and renewable energy requirements. Members also approved $32 billion for Interior …

The House passed a bill reauthorizing programs for the State Department, United Nations, and other diplomatic programs.

Secretary Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke testifed about a proposed regulations allowing the federal government to purchase “toxic” financial assets through a public-private v…

Witnesses testified about mark-to-market accounting rules, and whether they exacerbated the current financial crisis. The standard requires companies to value assets they hold at current mar…

Witnesses testified about commodities markets and their impact on the U.S. economy. Among the topics they addressed were regulation of futures and commodity markets, speculative trading, cre…

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke delivered his semiannual “Monetary Policy Report to the Congress” as required by the Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act. He testif…