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Witnesses testified at a hearing on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) mass collection of consumer data related to private financial transactions. Topics of discussion include…

The House passed a $305 billion, five-year highway funding bill as current funding was set to expire on December 4. Members also approved an energy infrastructure bill.

The House passed two bills. The first is a rewrite and reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act. The second is an energy infrastructure bill.

The House approved two bills. One would ease mortgage lending standards under the Dodd-Frank financial regulatory law, and the other deals with auto lending regulation.

Mary Jo White testified at a hearing on Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) operations, as well as the commission’s fiscal year 2017 budget request. Republican committee members told Ms…

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen testified at a hearing on monetary policy and bank regulation and supervision. She told committee members the U.S. economy was performing well and that an …

The House approved a bill requiring more efficient production of domestic mineral sources important to the economy and national security. The chamber also began working on a budget reconcili…

The House convened for a legislative session.

The House debated a number of bills under suspension of the rules, including H.R. 1553, the Small Bank Exam Cycle Reform Act.

The House convened for a legislative session. House members debated H.R.3460, a bill to prevent President Obama from lifting sanctions against Iran (approved 247-186), and H.R. 3461, a bill …

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen presented her semiannual report on monetary policy to the House Financial Services Committee. She answered several questions on interest rates, in reply to…

The House debated H.R. 2822, the fiscal year 2016 Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.

The House convened for a legislative session, with members debating the rule for H.R. 2578, a Commerce, Justice, and Science Spending bill.

The House Financial Services Committee Terrorist Financing Task Force held a hearing on combating the financing of terrorist groups and threats from transnational organized crime networks. W…

Banking and retail industry group officials testified at a hearing on financial data security issues. The witnesses answered questions on such issues as protection of consumer data and liabi…

Speaker of the House John Boehner and other House Republican leaders briefed reporters on the Republican proposal for a fiscal year 2016 budget. Other topics included former Secretary of Sta…

The House voted to pass, 239-186, H.R. 596, a bill introduced by Representative Bradley Byrne (R-AL) to repeal the Affordable Care Act and develop an alternative.

The House debated and approved H.R. 351, a bill that would expedite the federal permitting process for natural gas exports.

Federal Housing Finance Director Mel Watt testified before the House Financial Services Committee about housing finance and funding efforts to open up more access to lending for potential ho…

The House voted 253-169 to pass H.R. 161, the Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act.