Banking, Finance, and Domestic Commerce
Unilever Doubles Lobbying Spend; Hopes of Merger
Unilever U.S. Inc. filed a First Quarter 2026 lobbying disclosure reporting $540,000 in spending—more than the entire 2025 annual total of $490,000. The...
Senate Banking Committee Examines Fed Chair's Independence Stakes
The Senate Banking Committee's confirmation hearing for Kevin Warsh — scheduled for April 21 at 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building — puts the future...
GOP Patience Wears Thin on Kevin Warsh Federal Reserve Fight: Legis1 Background
Senate Republicans are pressing the Trump administration to drop its Justice Department probe into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell — or risk watching...
Committee Targets Investor Fraud, Elder Financial Exploitation
Three bills targeting investor fraud, elder financial exploitation, and deceptive online promotions are on the table as the House Financial Services...
CFTC Under Fire: Regulating Digital Assets, States
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is in the middle of one of its most consequential stretches in years — suing states, monitoring suspicious oil...
Committee Examines U.S. Manufacturing Robot Leadership Stakes
American manufacturing competitiveness — and who controls the next generation of industrial robotics — is the subtext of a House Science, Space, and...
Committee To Examine The Stakes of a Credit Card Rate Cap
A House financial services panel is set to convene a credit access hearing on April 16, 2026, and the stakes for millions of Americans are real. The...
Your 401K May Never Be the Same
The House Education and the Workforce Committee's EBSA hearing on April 16, 2026 arrives at a moment of significant regulatory upheaval for the agency that...
Financial Infidelity: The 401(k) Spousal Consent Gap
Millions of married Americans assume their retirement savings are protected from being drained without their knowledge. For most couples with 401(k)s, that...
Prediction Markets Insider Trading Already Illegal, Enforcement Gaps Remain
A new Congressional Research Service report makes clear that trading on inside information in prediction markets is already illegal — but enforcement gaps...
Flood Insurance Reform Faces Fiscal Reckoning
Why it matters: The House Financial Services Committee's Housing and Insurance Subcommittee convened a congressional hearing roundup on March 26, 2026,...
Regulators Grilled on Keeping Up With Fintech Innovation
Why it matters: The House Financial Services Committee's Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Artificial Intelligence Subcommittee convened a technology...
James Whittaker Named Chief Counsel of House Financial Services Committee
James Whittaker, House Financial Services Committee's new Chief Counsel, brings a fast-moving Hill career to one of Congress's most active panels.
Regulators Struggle to Keep Pace With Fintech
The House Financial Services Committee's Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Artificial Intelligence Subcommittee is convening a financial regulators...
The National Flood Insurance Program is Drowning in Debt
The National Flood Insurance Program is carrying more than $20 billion in debt, and the properties that flood repeatedly are a significant driver of that...
Senate Places Digital Commodity Intermediaries Act on Legislative Calendar, Signaling Potential Floor Vote on Crypto Regulation
Sen. John Boozman's crypto regulation bill would hand the CFTC the keys to digital asset spot markets. But getting it across the finish line is another story.
Committee Tackles CCP Threats Squeezing Small Businesses
American small businesses are caught in an expensive vise: the Chinese Communist Party's economic practices are squeezing them from one side, and the...
Senate Weighs EXIM Bank's Future Before 2026 Expiration
The Export-Import Bank's authorization expires on December 31, 2026 — and with it, a suite of programs that underpin U.S. competitiveness in semiconductors,...