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The Senate continued debate on the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) with Russia.

Deborah Matz testified on the state of credit unions, challenges facing the industry during economic recovery, failures of credit unions, and legislative measures to assist credit unions.

Experts from the Treasury Department, Federal Reserve Board, and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac testified on the mortgage crisis focusing on shady lending and foreclosure practices and robo-sign…

The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee voted for a second time on the nomination of Peter Diamond to be member of Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Committee members appro…

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke and other top financial regulators testified on the implementation of the new financial regulation bill. They said their agencies would work toge…

The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee held an oversight hearing on the Securities and Exchange Commission Inspector General’s report titled “Investigation of the SEC’s Resp…

The Senate moved forward with a bill that aims to help states avoid teacher layoffs and also helps with Medicaid payments. Members also continued debate on Elena Kagan’s nomination for assoc…

Federal 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…

The Senate approved the financial regulations conference report.

Three nominees to the Federal Reserve Board testified a day after the board released a new economic forecast that lowered expectations for economic growth. They talked about the state of the…

The House-Senate Conference Committee on Financial Regulations legislation reconvened to make changes to the bill voted on the previous week. Senator Scott Brown indicated that he would not …

The House-Senate conference committee on the financial regulations bill wrapped up its work early today following a marathon 20-hour session. The measure passed out of conference on a party …

House and Senate members at a conference committee to propose and vote on various amendments to financial regulations legislation. Topics included liability in financial statements and Secur…

House and Senate members at a conference committee to propose and vote on various amendments to financial regulations legislation. Debate focused on predatory lending and risk retention prov…

House and Senate members at a conference committee to propose and vote on various amendments to financial regulations legislation. This portion contains live coverage of evening business con…

House 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…

House and Senate members at a conference committee to propose and vote on various amendments to financial regulations legislation.

House and Senate members at a conference committee to propose and vote on various amendments to financial regulations legislation.

House and Senate members made opening statements at a conference committee to propose and vote on various amendments to financial regulations legislation.