Claire Williams covers banking policy matters on Capitol Hill. She previously wrote about financial and economic policy for Morning Consult and earlier had stints at S&P Global and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
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While House Republicans and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra normally clash, Republicans offered unusual praise for Chopra's efforts around data privacy for consumers.
November 29 -
The financial services industry has run TV ads during football games and organized lobbying visits by small-business owners in its fight against the Basel III endgame plan to raise capital requirements for larger lenders. The tactics are beginning to show signs of working.
November 20 -
Three GOP leaders of the House Financial Services Committee, including Chairman Patrick McHenry, say they'll explore possible connections between the agency's alleged "toxic" work culture and its staffing shortages that may have contributed to this year's banking crisis.
November 17 -
AB - Policy & RegulationSenate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown is the first Democrat to join Republicans in calling for an independent allegations of sexual harassment and other misconduct at the FDIC. The White House called for speedy confirmation of an FDIC inspector general.
November 16 -
AB - Policy & RegulationHouse Republicans and lawmakers on the Senate Banking Committee questioned the culture at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. after a Wall Street Journal report alleged a climate of sexual harassment and misogyny.
November 14 -
Senate Banking Committee ranking member Tim Scott, R-S.C., released one of his first major public bank policy pushes in months after formally suspending his presidential campaign.
November 13 -
The Federal Housing Finance Agency said in a long-awaited report that it will set up new guardrails for the Federal Home Loan Banks to ensure that the institutions are serving a housing-centric mission.
November 7 -
Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., said that international cooperation in the Basel III endgame proposal is latest iteration of an opaque standard-setting process.
November 7 -
An Office of Management and Budget memo took issue with cuts to the Treasury Department and an attempt to take the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau into the congressional appropriations process.
November 6 -
The failures of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and First Republic brought to light the Federal Home Loan Banks' role as a 'lender of next-to-last resort.' Some critics say that the review from the Federal Housing Finance Agency should bring the system back to its original purpose of oiling the mortgage finance market.
November 2
