Claire Williams covers banking policy matters on Capitol Hill. She previously wrote about financial and economic policy for Morning Consult and earlier had stints at S&P Global and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has long been a target for conservative ire, but dismantling it would require Congress' cooperation.
November 27 -
With Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., occupied on the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is one step closer to leading Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee.
November 13 -
Vice President Kamala Harris outlined a raft of populist economic proposals in her first major economic speech since securing the Democratic presidential nomination, including some aimed at lowering housing costs and boosting supply.
August 16 -
Vice President Harris' surprise elevation to the top of the Democratic ticket and the ascent of Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance to be the Republican vice presidential pick brings renewed vigor to each party's economic vision.
July 22 -
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., an influential progressive member of the Senate Banking Committee, decried reported meetings between Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and large bank CEOs who want the Basel III endgame proposal weakened.
June 18 -
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra pushed back against a new argument posed by Senate Republicans that the bureau may only be funded if the Federal Reserve earns a profit.
June 12 -
A federal judge in Texas is locked in a back-and-forth with an appeals court over whether the industry's challenge to a cap on credit card late fees should be moved to Washington, D.C.
May 29 -
House Financial Services Committee Chair Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., told Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Martin Gruenberg to make himself available for a June 12 hearing on the agency's workplace culture.
May 23 -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Martin Gruenberg apologized for his management and temper at a House Financial Services Committee hearing that focused on his handling of the agency in the immediate aftermath of a workplace behavior report outlining serious misconduct that prevailed for years.
May 15 -
Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., is asking the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to withdraw a corporate governance guidance proposal as FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg is set to testify in Congress later this week.
May 13
