News Topic: Election 2018

Love, a member of the House Financial Services Committee, was the only Republican member of the Congressional Black Caucus. ... Read full article

The end of one-party rule in Washington could move the needle on efforts to devise a new housing finance framework. ... Read full article

Readers respond to the burgeoning debate over brokered deposits, consider the Democratic presidential hopefuls for 2020, weigh the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's latest regulatory efforts and more. ... Read full article

As he weighs a possible presidential bid, Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, touched on a likely campaign theme Tuesday, saying both political parties have done a poor job dealing with rural concerns. ... Read full article

Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., crafted a moderate message and will head to the Senate after having backed legislation providing banks with regulatory relief. ... Read full article

Sen. Sherrod Brown, a longtime industry critic, said Monday that he’s weighing a possible 2020 bid. ... Read full article

What the Democrats' House takeover means for banks; Synchrony has a lot to lose in fight with Walmart; should industry fear Waters-led banking panel?; and more from this week's most-read stories. ... Read full article

There was speculation the North Carolina congressman wanted a higher Republican leadership role, but on Thursday he expressed interest in the ranking member position. ... Read full article

The presumptive chair of the Financial Services Committee resumed her tough criticism of the administration, but also committed to "hearing a range of views" if handed the gavel. ... Read full article

The results won’t do much to stimulate loan growth but could still provide the boost that investors have been waiting for. ... Read full article

During his time as U.S. attorney general, Jeff Sessions was an outspoken opponent of the legalization of cannabis sales. Now that Sessions has resigned, legal marijuana is poised to become a growth industry. ... Read full article

With the midterms finally over, we discuss how the results will affect regulatory and legislative policy for financial institutions going forward — as well as how they'll affect the 2020 race. ... Read full article

Tester is the only Democratic supporter of the recent regulatory relief package sitting on the Banking Committee to win re-election this fall. ... Read full article

The Senate is losing several key backers of last spring’s regulatory relief bill in the wake of the midterm elections. ... Read full article

Real estate and mortgage industry groups outspent proponents three-to-one to defeat Proposition 10, a measure to allow California municipalities to set local rent control laws. ... Read full article

The payments and financial services industry has enjoyed an unprecedented wave of invention, but the fruits of that labor are threatened by an ideologically driven political climate that complicates the evolution of global interoperable mobile-driven ... Read full article

The midterm elections virtually eliminate the chance that progress will be made on financial services legislation. ... Read full article

The presumptive chair of the House Financial Services Committee will likely take the panel in a sharply new direction and have a new bully pulpit to criticize the Trump administration. ... Read full article