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 …
1,298 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 at a conference committee to propose and vote on various amendments to financial regulations legislation. Topics included liability in financial statements and Secur…
214 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 spoke at a conference committee to propose and vote on various amendments to financial regulations legislation. Topics included prudential regulation, an amendment t…
342 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 viewsBank executives testified about second liens and other barriers to principal reduction as an effective foreclosure mitigation program. Among the issues addressed were the effectiveness of go…
1,067 viewsWitnesses testified about bank supervision and monetary policy. Among the topics they addressed were the Federal Reserve’s involvement in bank regulation, the size of banks to be monitored u…
471 viewsRepresentative Paul Kanjorski talked about H.R. 4173, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The bill aims to tighten regulation of the financial services industry, prevent inst…
151 viewsThe House Financial Services Committee heard testimony on a bill to eliminate systemic risk and provide for prudential banking overhaul. The proposed legislation would give federal officials…
600 viewsFederal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testified before the House Financial Services Committee on overhaul of the financial regulatory system. In his testimony he said that the Federal Reserv…
496 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…
395 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…
808 viewsIn the second of two parts of a hearing on the $50 billion investment scam allegedly engineered by Bernard L. Madoff, Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) officials focused on possible reg…
73,646 viewsIn the first of two parts of a hearing on the $50 billion investment scam allegedly engineered by Bernard L. Madoff, Harry Markopolos, an independent financial fraud investigator, asserted t…
12,456 viewsSubcommittee Chairman Paul Kanjorski chaired a House Financial Services Committee hearing on the $50 billion investment scam allegedly engineered by Bernard L. Madoff that was the subject of…
2,499 viewsWitnesses from the financial industry and consumer advocates testified about the Mortgage Lending Act, H.R. 3915, which sets a minimum standard for borrowers' ability to repay mortgage loans…
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