Jul 3, 2020 | Congressional Legislation, News
Senate Banking Committee Holds Hearing on Digital Banking Earlier this week, the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs conducted a remote hearing to examine “The Digitization of Money and Payments.” This comes as the COVID-19 pandemic has given...
Jun 19, 2020 | Congressional Legislation, News
Senator Brown Proposes Privacy Bill to Protect Consumer Data Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) earlier this week released the Data Accountability and Transparency Act of 2020, a draft privacy bill that would allow Americans to hold the federal government, tech companies,...
Jun 3, 2020 | Congressional Legislation, News
Democratic Senators Press Treasury on Tribal Concerns on Coronavirus Relief Funds Last week, Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.), vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, was joined by 11 of his Democratic colleagues in the Senate in sending a letter to...
Jun 1, 2020 | Congressional Legislation, News
Senators Introduce Bill to Prevent CARES Act Payments from Garnishment U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) introduced a bill last week to protect CARES Act pandemic relief payments from garnishment...
May 29, 2020 | Congressional Legislation, News
House Financial Services Committee To Hold Seven Virtual Hearings in June This afternoon, House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) announced that the committee would be holding seven virtual hearings during the month of June. The majority...
May 22, 2020 | Congressional Legislation, News
House Passes HEROES Act as Next COVID-19 Relief Bill Last week, the House of Representative passed the HEROES Act as its latest effort to provide relief in response to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. The legislation aims to help essential workers, renters and...
