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Witnesses testified on the increase in off-exchange trading, often referred to as “dark pool trading” or the buying or selling of large quantities of stocks in private exchanges. The existin…

Sandra Henriquez testified on administrative and regulatory changes in the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Section 8 and rental housing assistance programs, and opportuni…

Richard Cordray gave his semi-annual report to Congress of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Among the issues addressed in the hearing were mortgage rules, the regulation of p…

Witnesses testified on potential risks to the tri-party repo market. A repo, or repurchase agreement, is a financial deal where one person sells an asset to another and agrees to buy back th…

Treasury Secretary Geithner testified on the recently approved Financial Stability Oversight Council’s (FSOC) annual report. In addition to questions about the FSOC report, senators also ask…

Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke presented the Federal Reserve Board’s semiannual report on monetary policy. In his testimony he said the two main sources of risk to the economy were the E…

Witnesses testified about money market funds and proposed regulation of the financial industry. Mary Schapiro said money market funds posed a systemic risk to the financial system and theref…

Jamie Dimon testified on JPMorgan Chase’s $2 billion trading loss on May 10, 2012, and business practices in the banking industry. Among the issues he addressed were the bank bailouts follow…

At a time to be determined, the Senate will take two roll call votes on the following amendments to S 3240, the farm reauthorization bill. The votes are expected to be motions to table each …

The heads of federal financial oversight agencies testified on on the implementation of the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial regulations law, focusing on derivatives. They also focused on a $2 bill…

Following the prayer and pledge, the Majority Leader will be recognized. Following Leader remarks, the Senate will proceed to the consideration of motions to proceed to the following budget …

Violence Against Women Act At 11:30am, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session to consider the following judicial nominations for 30 mins. of debate followed by roll call votes on each …

The Senate Budget Committee held a hearing on the fiscal year 2013 budget resolution based on the Bowles-Simpson deficit reduction plan.

Ben Bernanke testified on the U.S. economic outlook for the year and the future of economic growth. In his remarks he said that the domestic economy would grow modestly despite higher oil pr…

Jeffrey Zients testified on President Obama’s fiscal year 2013 budget proposal.

A House-Senate Conference Committee met in an attempt to break the deadlock over a Social Security payroll tax cut extension.

A House-Senate Conference Committee met in an attempt to break the deadlock over a Social Security payroll tax cut extension.

A House-Senate Conference Committee met in an attempt to break the deadlock over a Social Security payroll tax cut extension. In December 2011 Congress passed a two-month payroll tax cut ext…