Aug 31, 2020 | Congressional Legislation, News
Sens. Udall and Cantwell Lead Senators in Pressing for Accurate 2020 Census Count for Native Communities Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) recently joined 18 of their Senate Democratic colleagues in pushing the U.S. Department of Commerce and...
Aug 21, 2020 | Congressional Legislation, News
Sen. Bennet Introduces Legislation to Help Tribal Businesses Access PPP Loans Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) introduced a bill earlier this month that would permit businesses with the same Employer Identification Number (EIN) to submit loan applications through the...
Aug 14, 2020 | Congressional Legislation, News
Financial Services Industry Fears Slashing Unemployment Aid Will Lead to Loan Defaults With further COVID-19 relief legislation in limbo due to a stalemate in Congress, many Americans who have been unemployed as a result of the global pandemic are now seeing a lapse...
Aug 7, 2020 | Congressional Legislation, News
Senate Indian Affairs Committee Advances 11 Bills Last week, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs passed eleven bills at its business meeting. Senator John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Chairman of the Committee, made remarks after the meeting, praising the committee for its...
Aug 5, 2020 | Congressional Legislation, Federal Regulation, News
Kraninger Appears Before House Financial Services and Senate Banking Committees Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Kathy Kraninger appeared before both chambers of Congress last week in a pair of hearings on the CFPB’s Semi-Annual Report to Congress....
Aug 3, 2020 | Congressional Legislation, News
Senate Passes Bill to Prevent Garnishment of Relief Payments by Private Debt Collectors Recently, the U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan bill to protect recovery payments supplied by the CARES Act from being garnished by private debt collectors. The bill was introduced...
