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In the race for the Minnesota’s Attorney General, Representative Keith Ellison (D) faced Doug Wardlow (R) for a debate in St. Paul. Representative Ellison has served for six terms in the U.S…

The Democratic National Committee held its summer meeting in Chicago. Members voted to make significant changes to the 2020 presidential nominating process, reducing the influence of party s…

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testified before the House Financial Services Committee about monetary policy and the economy. He addressed several issues, including inflation, jobs, une…

The House continued work on H.R. 6147, a fiscal year 2019 bill to fund the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the IRS among other agencies. Members also pas…

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Jay Clayton testified at a House Financial Services oversight hearing of his agency. He was asked about several issues, including updates to the Volc…

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson testified before the House Financial Services Committee as it conducted an oversight hearing of the agency he leads. Most of the questions …

The House considered several suspension bills.

The House defeated the Goodlatte-McCaul immigration bill 193-231, with 41 Republicans joining all Democrats in voting against it. Members also voted 213-211 to pass H.R. 2, the Agriculture a…

Randal Quarles, the Federal Reserve’s vice chair for supervision, appeared before the House Financial Services Committee to talk about the central bank’s role in the supervision and regulati…

The House continued debate on amendments to the fiscal year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act.

The House approved several bills. One would change the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial regulations reform law. Another would allow terminally-ill patients to use experimental that do not yet have …

The House met for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on any topic.

The House passed a bill that reconciles Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Justice Department standards for antitrust cases. Members also approved a measure that would require state or local…

The House of Representatives passed a Senate resolution that would repeal an Obama administration rule under the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) aimed at preventing discriminatio…

White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, also the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director, testified before the House Financial Services Committee on the consumer agency’s semi-annua…

The House worked on a six-year Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill.

Congressional Democrats joined activists for a rally outside the U.S. Capitol to speak out against the recent tax law. Held on tax day, the rally was organized in coordination with marches h…

The House of Representatives debated and passed two financial services bills. The first would reform the stress test process in the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial regulations law. The other would…

The House considered several bills under suspension of the rules, including measures to combat online stalking and increase the role of the financial industry in combating human trafficking.

The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities and Investment held a hearing to examine the growth of virtual currencies and the markets they are traded in. A panel…