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The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on the national debt, which totaled more than $21 trillion at the end of 2018. Fiscal policy analysts from a variety of think tanks talk…

In a 217-185 vote, the House passed a revised bill for government funding until February 8, 2019. The bill, which differed from a Senate-passed version, includes $5.7 billion for a U.S.-Mexi…

The House debated and passed a number of suspension bills.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testified before the House Financial Services Committee about monetary policy and the economy. He addressed several issues, including inflation, jobs, une…

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testified before the House Financial Services Committee on the state of the international financial system. He addressed members' questions on several issue…

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Jay Clayton testified at a House Financial Services oversight hearing of his agency. He was asked about several issues, including updates to the Volc…

The House approved several bills. One would change the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial regulations reform law. Another would allow terminally-ill patients to use experimental that do not yet have …

White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, also the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director, testified before the House Financial Services Committee on the consumer agency’s semi-annua…

The House passed two financial services bills. One would create an office to review bank complaints against regulatory agency reports. The other would exempt stock offerings under $75 millio…

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell appeared before the House Financial Services Committee to deliver the central bank’s semiannual monetary policy report. He said the economic outlook remai…

The House debated and passed two financial services bills, including one that makes mortgage lending regulation changes to financial institutions and market trading. The other measure requir…

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) gave an uninterrupted speech of over eight hours, saying she would not leave the floor until Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) agreed to allow a vote on a bi…

The House debated and passed several suspension bills, including one that requires amateur athletic governing bodies to report sexual abuse allegations to law enforcement.

In a 227-203 vote, the House approved the Republican tax reform bill. Members also passed H.R. 3312, Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 201, which reduces certain certain regulatio…

The House approved legislation that would exempt makers of manufactured homes, also known as “mobile homes,” from regulations for mortgage lenders.

The House passed a bill that allows mineral mining while restoring mining leases on certain federal lands in northern Minnesota. Lawmakers also approved legislation that requires a two-year …

The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health met to hear testimony from many House members on their recommendations for combating the opioid epidemic. Some of the topics included tre…

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson testified at an oversight hearing before the House Financial Services Committee. He answered questions on a range of issues including propo…

Following the House vote, the committee resumed its questioning of former Equifax CEO Richard Smith.

The House continued work on an omnibus fiscal year 2018 spending bill for eight of the 12 agencies that fund the federal government and related agencies.