United States House Committee on Financial Services

...to take some heat on Dec. 3, when he testifies at a Senate hearing to consider confirming him to a second four-year term. Last week, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank abruptly postponed a vote on a bill to tighten of...

In this article: Barack Obama, Timothy Geithner, Peter DeFazio, Recession, White House, Unemployment, Federal Reserve, and Wall Street

The bill will be co-sponsored by Democrats John Tierney and Michael Capuano, Slaughter said. The proposal will come in a week when the House Financial Services Committee is slated to complete its work on tightening bank and capital...

In this article: Louise Slaughter, Federal Reserve, Supreme Court, U.S. House, Unemployment, Capital One Financial, American Express, and Jpmorgan Chase

...institutions and protecting consumers leading up to last year's financial crisis, the worst to hit the country since the 1930s. The House Financial Services Committee last week adopted a proposal from longtime Fed critic Rep. Ron Paul,...

In this article: The Fed, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Balance sheet, Government Accountability Office, Ron Paul, House Financial Services Committee, and Christopher Dodd

Congress next week will resume work on tightening bank and capital market regulation, with the House Financial Services Committee expected to vote on Wednesday on systemic risk legislation. House floor consideration of that bill and...

In this article: House Financial Services Committee, Jack Reed, Christopher Dodd, U.S., Fitch Ratings, Standard & Poor's, and Moody's Corp

Ron Paul has received the most attention he's got since his presidential campaign with his "audit the Fed" bill. Now, that legislation seems to have a shot at passing, as it has been attached to Barney Frank's financial regulation bill.

In this article: Ron Paul, The Fed, Barney Frank, and House Financial Services Committee

FACTBOX-Keys to U.S. House panel's "too big to fail" bill WASHINGTON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. House Financial Services Committee on Thursday delayed a final vote on a bill addressing systemic risk in the economy and what to do about...

In this article: FDIC, Comptroller of the Currency, Office of Thrift Supervision, U.S. House Financial Services Committee, U.S. House, Federal Housing Finance Agency, and Commodity Futures Trading Commission

...review of the Federal Reserve system. They want to allow congressional audits of the Fed as part of financial rules being debated by the House Financial Services and Senate Banking committees, according to a letter Wednesday to the...

In this article: AIG, The Fed, Treasury Department, House Financial Services Committee, Timothy Geithner, Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., and Bank of America Corp.

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...with "too big to fail" financial firms on Tuesday, while rejecting a Republican alternative that is expected to reappear later. The House Financial Services Committee, locked for weeks in debate over financial reforms, voted to kill a...

In this article: Brad Miller, House Financial Services Committee, Barney Frank, Bankruptcy, Wall Street, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, Lehman Brothers, and AIG