The House Committee Financial Services Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee held a hearing on the bankruptcy of financial firm MF Global. Former Governor Jon Corzine (D-NJ) denied ever…
2,635 viewsThe House Committee Financial Services Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee held a hearing on the bankruptcy of financial firm MF Global. Former Governor Jon Corzine (D-NJ) denied ever…
1,402 viewsThe House considered nine bills to rename post offices under suspension of the rules. Votes were deferred until 6:30 PM.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,903 viewsRaj Date, special adviser to the Treasury Department for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), testified the agency’s accomplishments in its first 100 days. Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus called for…
336 viewsThe House considered several free trade bills.
View in Congressional Chronicle991 viewsIn the weekly Republican address Representative Mike Grimm (R-NY) talked about his parties proposal for job creation and passage of a balanced budget amendment.
55 viewsThe House debated the rule on the compromise agreement to raise the debt ceiling and then moved to consideration of the bill itself. The measure was approved 269-161. Rep. Gabrielle…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,535 viewsTwo House Financial Services subcommittees held a joint hearing on mortgage servicing and foreclosure mitigation practices. Members discussed the role of federal regulators in the ongoing…
572 viewsMembers debated changes to patent and trademark Law. Vote number 484 was vitiated and replaced by vote 485.
View in Congressional Chronicle5,595 viewsWitnesses testified about differences in financial regulatory approaches between the U.S. and other countries, and the effects of those disparities on U.S. companies and the economy at large. Topics…
322 viewsThe top regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac said that several House Republican bills to reform government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) were “unnecessary and counterproductive". Edward DeMarco said…
303 viewsWitnesses testified about mortgage financing, the state of the housing market, and the future of government sponsored entities (GSE) like Freddie Mack and Fannie Mae.
289 viewsFederal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke presented to the committee the Federal Reserve Board’s semiannual report on monetary policy. In his testimony he said that proposed spending cuts could…
1,164 viewsThe House debated amendments to a fiscal year 2011 spending bill.
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