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Feb. 5, 2011
World & Nation
With the financial system imploding in 2008, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke implored Congress to authorize $700 billion to bail out the banks or risk a total meltdown.
June 9, 2017
Business
Texas Republican Jeb Hensarling, who chairs the House Financial Services Committee, was trying to be funny.
April 7, 2017
Give Rep. Jeb Hensarling this much credit: He’s persistent.
April 18, 2017
July 23, 2011
A top House Republican on Tuesday unveiled a sweeping plan to replace the Dodd-Frank financial reform law, which has been fiercely criticized as overly burdensome by GOP lawmakers and Wall Street executives.
June 7, 2016
If there’s one thing the financial services industry hates, it’s adult supervision. Last week, Rep.
June 14, 2016
A top House Republican on Tuesday unveiled a sweeping plan to replace the Dodd-Frank financial reform law, which has been fiercely criticized as overly burdensome by GOP lawmakers, Wall Street executives and industry officials.
Banks had hoped Congress would let them charge merchants higher fees to process debit card purchases, but an effort to allow that has crumbled — a victory for retailers and, possibly, shoppers who might have had to shoulder those costs.
May 25, 2017