Senate Banking Committee

Regardless of which party controls the House or Senate after the midterm elections, the financial services panels in both chambers could have new leaders.

The Senate's farm bill would prevent the July 31 lapse of the National Flood Insurance Program, but it still needs to be debated in conference with the House.

Attorneys general from 21 states say the measures would undermine their ability to enforce consumer protection laws.

The legislation, authored by Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., is aimed at helping lower-income consumers build their credit histories.

With more permanent fixes not yet gaining enough traction, recent attempts to clarify marijuana banking rules through appropriations are also falling flat.

Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., the CBC's chair, requested with a meeting with the comptroller of the currency to "enlighten" him about discrimination in banking.

The selection of an obscure OMB official as CFPB director raises more questions than it answers about the future of the agency.

The OCC chief’s bizarre statements in House testimony produced shock waves that reached the Senate Banking Committee Thursday.

The Senate Banking Committee approved the nominations of Richard Clarida as vice chairman of the Fed and Michelle "Miki" Bowman as a Fed governor.

Months after a group of Democrats helped propel Dodd-Frank reforms forward, the opposition party’s identity crisis on banking policy is still on full display.

The panel will vote on economist Richard Clarida to be vice chairman of the Fed board and Michelle “Miki” Bowman to take a seat designated for a community banking expert.

The Massachusetts senator and architect of the CFPB offered a sharp contrast to the administration's deregulatory agenda and sent strong signals of a presidential run.

Further legislative reform will face resistance, but it could still happen.

More than a dozen lawmakers wrote to the banking agencies Friday, arguing that any regulatory reforms to the Community Reinvestment Act should focus on expanding access to credit.

Montgomery was confirmed by the Senate 74-23 to serve his second stint at the FHA, where he previously was commissioner during the George W. Bush administration.

The soon-to-be-retiring chair of the House Financial Services Committee said Senate leaders have made a "commitment" to consider more changes.

After months of delay, the House is planning to vote on legislation next week that would amend the Dodd-Frank Act.

A pair of nominees to the Federal Reserve Board vowed Tuesday to protect the independence of the agency if confirmed, but avoided taking hard stances on pending regulatory issues.

The House affirmed this week that it would move forward with a vote on a Senate bill overhauling parts of Dodd-Frank, but how far lawmakers push additional relief proposals is still unclear.

Bill supporters say the guidance — which held indirect auto lenders liable for unintentional discrimination at partner dealerships — violated Dodd-Frank, but consumer advocates say the legislation would expose minority borrowers to mistreatment.