Tag Archives: Senate Banking Committee

Deep-diving into Sen. Mike Crapo’s outline for housing finance reform, a Senate Banking Committee hearing saw experts sharing their views on how best to strengthen housing finance for the future.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell outlined the steps that the Fed will take to ensure a “thorough and transparent” review of the recent merger during his testimony before the House Financial Services Committee.

Here’s what Fed Chair Jerome Powell had to share on the economy and housing during the Fed’s semi-annual monetary policy report to the Congress.

The Senate Banking Committee voted on some key nominations, including that of Dr. Mark Calabria for the post of Director at FHFA. Here’s how the vote went.

The Senate Banking Committee has legislation related to the conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac at the top of its agenda. Here’s why.

With interest rates rising, the Senate is set to look deeper into the Fed's regulation this week. Here's what else is happening in the Week Ahead.

At a hearing to consider his nomination as President of Ginnie Mae, Michael Bright, told the Senate Banking Committee that he would continue to work on modernizing the agency and ensuring the security of the loans it oversees to ensure better security price and lower rates for borrowers.

Saying that the “status quo is not a viable option” on the current conservatorship of the GSEs Sen. Mike Crapo and the Senate Banking Committee heard the testimony of Melvin Watt, Director, FHFA on the status of the housing finance system. Here’s what he had to say.

Reacting to the CFPB Acting Director’s recent ‘Pay to Play’ comments at an industry event, the Ohio Senator and top Banking Committee Democrat called for Mulvaney to step down.

The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs today met to revisit the nominations of Jerome Powell as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve ...