Mike Crapo

'Petulant children playing with matches': Comments of the week

07/18/19

Readers react to House lawmakers attempting to overhaul the credit bureaus, express sarcasm to the Senate Banking Committee eyeing cannabis banking, criticize Sen. Elizabeth Warren's plans to overhaul Wall Street and more.

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Facebook crypto exec meets congressional firing squad

07/16/19

Resistance to Libra on the Senate Banking Committee was bipartisan, and other takeaways from Tuesday’s hearing.

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Will Libra force Congress to act on data protection?

07/14/19

Almost two years after the Equifax breach led to a congressional uproar but minimal policy change, the protracted fight to enact data security and privacy reform has a new bogeyman.

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Pot banking hearing is on Crapo’s radar

07/11/19

The head of the Senate Banking Committee said the panel could examine an industry-supported cannabis banking bill "relatively soon."

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Libra takes a beating on Capitol Hill (again)

07/11/19

For the second straight day, concerns about Facebook's cryptocurrency project dominated lawmakers’ questioning of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.

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Lawmakers spar over whether Fannie, Freddie are SIFIs

06/25/19

There is bipartisan agreement in the Senate that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are "too big to fail" but some lawmakers are skeptical that a SIFI designation is appropriate.

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Senate Banking panel sets hearing on Facebook's Libra

06/19/19

Senators will examine the social media giant’s plan to offer a digital currency. House Financial Services Committee leaders have already criticized the idea.

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Brown blasts data brokers' refusal to testify to Senate banking panel

06/11/19

The top Democrat on the Banking Committee suggested the absence of data brokers at a hearing on privacy legislation was "cowardice."

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Deutsche Bank’s ties to Trump dominate hearing on AML reform

05/21/19

Democrats pressed law enforcement on whether senior Deutsche Bank executives quashed suspicious activity reports filings related to President Trump.

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Backers of pot banking bill see the finish line in House

05/21/19

The legislation faces a tougher path in the Senate where GOP leaders are reluctant to ease restrictions on what is still a banned narcotic.

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