Senate bill would remove reputational risk from bank supervision
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and committee’s Republican members introduced legislation to prevent federal banking regulators from using ...
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Proposed bill would prevent CBDC implementation
Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) reintroduced a proposed bill that would prevent the Federal Reserve from using a central bank digital ...
Senate Banking Committee advances CFPB, FHFA nominations
The Senate Banking Committee voted to advance to the Senate the nominations of Jonathan McKernan to be director of the ...
House committee advances resolution to overturn CFPB overdraft rule
The House Financial Services Committee voted to advance a joint resolution to invalidate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s final rule ...
Lawmakers reintroduce ABA-backed ACRE Act to boost rural economies
Lawmakers reintroduced the Access to Credit for our Rural Economy Act, which would make it easier for farmers, ranchers and ...
House passes bill to expand chronic disease treatment options under HSA-qualified plans
The House passed a bipartisan bill to expand chronic disease treatment options covered by high deductible health plans, such as ...
Lawmakers urge administration to fill Fed’s vice chair for supervision role
Republican lawmakers urged Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to quickly fill the role of vice chair for supervision on the Federal ...
Bill to expand telehealth services receives HSA Council backing
Lawmakers have introduced a bipartisan bill to allow individuals to continue to use their health savings accounts to access telehealth ...
CFPB nominee McKernan criticizes bureau’s past actions as politicized
Consumer protection is critical, but too often the CFPB has “gotten in the way of its own mission,” former FDIC ...
FHFA nominee: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac conservatorships should not be ‘indefinite’
FHFA's conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should not be indefinite, but “any exit from conservatorship must be carefully ...
