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 final vote was 68-29 in favor of Senate the confirmation of the billionaire hedge fund manager.
January 27 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said it would undertake a rule to regulate large participants in the personal loan market and consider a joint rulemaking with the Federal Reserve on check and ATM hold times.
January 8 -
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
