Banking, Finance, and Domestic Commerce

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...

Space, Science, Technology, and Communications

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...

Legislation

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...

Labor and Employment

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...

Legislation

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...

Banking, Finance, and Domestic Commerce

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...

Community Development and Housing

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,...

Congress

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...

Banking, Finance, and Domestic Commerce

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.

Legislation

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...

Community Development and Housing

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...

Banking, Finance, and Domestic Commerce

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.

International Affairs and Foreign Aid

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...

Banking, Finance, and Domestic Commerce

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,...

Congress

Senate Panel Grills FSOC on Financial System Risks

The Senate Banking Committee convened a critical hearing on February 5, 2026, to examine the Financial Stability Oversight Council's annual report,...

Banking, Finance, and Domestic Commerce

Senate to Vote on Grassley's Mystery Bankruptcy Bill: S.3977 Hits Legislative Calendar With No Text, No Cosponsors, and No Hearings

Sen. Chuck Grassley is back in his lane. The Iowa Republican — architect of the most consequential bankruptcy overhaul in a generation — introduced the...

Legislation

Senate Crypto Bill Advances: Partisan Battle Lines Drawn in Digital Asset Regulation Showdown

In a pivotal moment for financial technology regulation, the Senate Agriculture Committee pushed forward the Digital Commodity Intermediaries Act on January...