Claire Williams covers banking policy matters on Capitol Hill. She previously wrote about financial and economic policy for Morning Consult and earlier had stints at S&P Global and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
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The high court will hear oral arguments on Oct. 3 on whether the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding violates the Appropriations clause. A key issue is whether parameters can be placed around Congress' authority over the federal purse strings.
October 1 -
The indictment of Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., is inconvenient for some Democratic priorities, but unlikely to impact a cannabis banking bill up for debate in the Senate Banking Committee.
September 26 -
AB - Policy & RegulationRep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy, continued to say that the Basel III rulemaking might have violated the Administrative Procedures Act
September 20 -
Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., pressed one witness to say that bank regulators' Basel III endgame proposal, which would raise capital significantly for the largest banks, may have violated the Administrative Procedure Act.
September 14 -
Cannabis banking, the Durbin-Marshall credit card bill and executive compensation legislation could be on the agenda this fall, but banking regulators' Basel III endgame proposal has made bipartisan compromise more complicated.
September 5 -
Two related cases the Supreme Court is considering hing on whether state laws preempt the National Banking Act on the payment of interest on mortgage escrow accounts.
August 31 -
Though the Federal Reserve's stress test scenarios were announced ahead of the string of bank failures this spring, the results will be a significant peek into the health of the banking system.
June 14 -
House Republicans will likely need to gain support from Democrats to get the debt limit deal through a critical vote in the House Wednesday evening.
May 31 -
House Financial Services Committee ranking member Maxine Waters, D-Calif., attempted to find bipartisan support from Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., for a number of amendments to bills meant to rein in regulators. What she got instead was a commitment to work on some measures in the future.
May 24 -
Former First Republic CEO Michael Roffler, in his first public comments since the failure of the bank, said changes to deposit insurance would be worthwhile for Congress to consider.
May 17
