Representatives from the Bank of America, J.P. Morgan, Wells Fargo, and Citibank testified about the mishandling of mortgages and foreclosure proceedings. Lenders vowed to take steps to tigh…
1,855 viewsExperts from the Treasury Department, Federal Reserve Board, and financial institutions testified on the mortgage crisis focusing on questionable lending and foreclosure practices and ways t…
994 viewsHouse and Senate members at a conference committee to propose and vote on various amendments to financial regulations legislation. Topics included Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
837 viewsHouse and Senate members spoke at a conference committee to propose and vote on various amendments to financial regulations legislation. Topics included prudential regulation, predatory lend…
4,244 viewsHouse and Senate members at a conference committee to propose and vote on various amendments to financial regulations legislation. This was a portion of the day-long meeting, focusing on ame…
3,838 viewsHouse and Senate members at a conference committee to propose and vote on various amendments to financial regulations legislation. This is a portion of the day-long meeting, focusing on an a…
239 viewsHouse and Senate members at a conference committee to propose and vote on various amendments to financial regulations legislation. This live portion of the hearing was joined in progress and…
722 viewsHouse and Senate members at a conference committee to propose and vote on various amendments to financial regulations legislation.
466 viewsHouse and Senate members at a conference committee to propose and vote on various amendments to financial regulations legislation.
780 viewsHouse and Senate members at a conference committee to propose and vote on various amendments to financial regulations legislation.
521 viewsHouse and Senate members made opening statements at a conference committee to propose and vote on various amendments to financial regulations legislation.
1,096 viewsThe House Financial Services Committee held a hearing titled a hearing titled “Public Policy Issues Raised by the Report of the Lehman Bankruptcy Examiner.” Following testimony by members a…
3,031 viewsThe House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on the September 2008 failure of Lehman Brothers, the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history. Witnesses testified about operations and pract…
4,115 viewsThe House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on the September 2008 failure of Lehman Brothers, the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history. Anton Valukas testified about his examination …
1,666 viewsWitnesses testified about compensation practices at financial and non-financial firms. Among the topics addressed were recent bonuses awarded to financial executives at firms that had receiv…
297 viewsThe House Financial Services Committee held a markup of "Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act, and H.R. 3639. Amendments debated included provisions to restrict membership on bank corpor…
269 viewsWitnesses testified about the Making Home Affordable program, which was designed to stem foreclosures by allowing eligible homeowners to refinance or modify the terms of their mortgages.
13,322 viewsFederal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke testified in a hearing on the Humphrey-Hawkins Semiannual Monetary Policy Report, current economic conditions, and the outlook for the financial sector and…
606 viewsWitnesses testified about the ongoing administration and oversight of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and issues surrounding the warrant repurchasing process under TARP to ensure th…
484 viewsTreasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testified about administration plans to overhaul financial regulation by subjecting hedge funds and traders of exotic financial instruments to strict gove…
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