Mike Crapo

The details about political donations to over a dozen lawmakers raise fresh questions about the payday lending sector's influence in Washington.

House Republicans are continuing to push the Senate to add more measures to a bill to give regulatory relief to community banks.

Passage of a resolution blocking guidance on auto loan pricing could set a precedent that allows Congress to nullify other long-past regulatory issuances.

The regulatory relief bill frees some regional banks from the tough supervision reserved for larger companies, but regulators still can subject them to onerous requirements.

A day after the Senate passed regulatory relief, top House Republicans vowed to have a big say in the final version before the bill heads to the White House. That raised fresh questions about how quickly the Dodd-Frank reforms will become law.