U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, and Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (D-CT) recently introduced legislation that would ease access t...
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The House Financial Services Committee has advanced four bills that address the establishment of protections across the financial system. The Minority Business Resiliency Act, introduced by U.S. Re...
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The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Office of Investor Education and Advocacy (OIEA) is touting a recently launched public service campaign (PSC) seeking to educate investors and detail r...
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U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and U.S. Reps. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and Joe Courtney (D-CT) led colleagues in forwarding correspondence to President Joe ...
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U.S. Sens. Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Richard Burr (R-NC) reintroduced Tuesday legislation designed to reduce prescription drug prices, enhance industry and encourage the development of new treatments and ...
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U.S. Reps. Terri Sewell (D-AL) and Drew Ferguson (R-GA) recently introduced legislation seeking to reduce rural hospital closures and financial burdens amid the COVID-19 pandemic by ensuring fairness ...
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U.S. Senate Majority Whip Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), U.S. Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), and U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) reintroduced this week a bill seeking to extend the ban on federal contracts for invert...
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A group of lawmakers recently introduced legislation designed to enhance Internal Revenue Service (IRS) taxpayer assistance by prioritizing taxpayers over representational work during tax filing seaso...
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Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) is espousing the benefits of the recently introduced Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2021, which uses the tax code as relief for survivors of natural disasters. Per Thompson, t...
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Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) officials said the organization supports the Black Homeownership Collaborative's (BHC) plan to close the Black homeownership gap via its seven-point plan. The BHC...
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) officials said the agency will resume Military Lending Act (MLA)-related examination activities as a means of addressing risks to active duty servicemembers...
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House Committee on Financial Services Chair Maxine Waters (D-CA) said she has organized a Digital Assets Working Group of Democrats to target cryptocurrency and digital asset innovation. “As cryp...
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) officials are espousing the benefits of an initiative designed to expand new technologies and techniques to bolster bank capabilities in addressing unbanke...
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Advocates of the newly formed Initiative on Climate Risk and Resilience Law (ICRRL) are advocating the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) bolster climate change protections with the finance indu...
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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's (FDIC) Board of Directors (FDIC) has approved a final Minority Depository Institutions (MDIs) Statement of Policy, noting the action bolsters preservation a...
Read MoreU.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Senate Finance Committee Republicans are seeking an investigation regarding what they deemed an apparent IRS taxpayer information leak. The lawmakers have forwarde...
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U.S. Reps. Kurt Schrader (D-OR), Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA), and Ed Case (D-HI) recently forwarded correspondence to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) advocating fiscal responsibility in response...
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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) officials said the agency's interim final rule restoring the Fair Housing Act’s Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) requirement would ...
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The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) is among a coalition of real estate industry organizations encouraging the Biden Administration to end the federal moratorium on evictions on June 30, 2021. T...
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The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) said the recent issuance of a Request for Input (RFI) on executive compensation would enhance oversight at three regulated entities. The FHFA indicated the...
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