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RT @RepStevePearce: Over three times the population of Las Cruces filed new jobless claims last week—does that sound like growth to you? ...
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Wall Street Journal: A $447 Million Consumer Alert
Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Randy Neugebauer writes in today's edition of the Wall Street Journal about the lack of transparency and accountability at the Co...
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Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus Reacts to Today’s Action by the Federal Reserve
"The Federal Reserve’s action today is a scathing indictment of this Administration’s economic policies which, after almost four years, have failed to produce a sustainable recover...
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Dodd-Frank Dilemma
By Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer I was more than a little annoyed recently during a committee hearing with a government official who seemed intent on defending an agency created by the t...
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Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus Reacts to Today’s Action by the Federal Reserve
"The Federal Reserve’s action today is a scathing indictment of this Administration’s economic policies which, after almost four years, have failed to produce a sustainable recover...
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Hearing To Examine Ways To Facilitate A Private Terrorism Risk Insurance Marketplace
A Financial Services Subcommittee hearing on Tuesday will examine the capacity of the insurance industry to offer terrorism risk insurance without a Federal backstop. The Terrorism...
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Financial Services Committee Releases September Schedule
Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus on Thursday announced the Committee’s hearing schedule for the month of September. Hearing on the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act:...
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Chairman Bachus Says Treasury Action Makes It Less Likely Taxpayers Will Be Repaid for $200 Billion GSE Bailout
Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus issued the following statement about the Treasury Department's decision on Friday to reduce the dividend rate paid to the Secre...
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RT @RepStevePearce: Over three times the population of Las Cruces filed new jobless claims last week—does that sound like growth to you? ...
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From @ABC News report: “With regulations such as those [in #DoddFrank], free checking was the obvious casualty” http://t.co/eeauKd4T
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As @ABC News reports, #regulations from #DoddFrank contribute to demise of free checking. VIDEO: http://t.co/eeauKd4T
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In Orange County Register: #DoddFrank killing free checking http://t.co/jlwLo3rK
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Dodd-Frank Dilemma
By Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer I was more than a little annoyed recently during a committee hearing with a government official who seemed intent on defending an agency created by the t...
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Route 40 Tour
By Rep. Robert Hurt At a time when uncertainty from Washington has led us to nearly three-and-a-half years of more than 8 percent unemployment nationally, folks in Washington, D.C....
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The JOBS Act
One of the most significant accomplishments of the Financial Services Committee during the 112th Congress is passage of the JOBS Act. The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS ...
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Fact Check: Ranking Member Barney Frank Blaming House Republicans for Missed Dodd-Frank Deadlines
Rep. Barney Frank, Ranking Member of the Financial Services Committee, on Thursday responded to criticism that regulators have completed “less than half” of the 400 new regulations...
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Wall Street Journal: A $447 Million Consumer Alert
Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Randy Neugebauer writes in today's edition of the Wall Street Journal about the lack of transparency and accountability at the Co...
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U.S. Financial Rules Panel Should Improve Transparency, GAO Says
(Bloomberg) -- A panel of U.S. regulators created to monitor financial stability faces challenges in achieving its mission of identifying risks and should improve its transparency,...
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U.S. financial risk council could use more sunlight: GAO
(Reuters) - The new U.S. financial risk council should publicly share more details about its closed-door meetings on emerging risks to markets, a congressional watchdog report has ...
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Dodd-Frank is aimed at Wall Street. So why is it hurting the construction industry?
More evidence of the unintended consequences of the Dodd-Frank Act: “With passage of the Dodd-Frank law, the banking and financial services industries face uncertainty that has loc...