House Financial Services Committee

• House Passes Cross-Border Swaps Bill

  By Dave Michaels, Bloomberg  |  June 17, 2013

  Bill limiting CFTC authority on cross-borders swaps may pressure the agency to delay final action on application of derivatives rules to foreign entities.

• Message from Congress on Cross-Border Swaps

  By Dave Michaels, Bloomberg  |  June 12, 2013

  Bill to limit the CFTC's cross-border authority faces U.S. House vote, but the Senate isn't expected to consider it.

• Congress Pressures Swaps Regulators to Curb Dodd-Frank

  By Silla Brush, Bloomberg  |  May 7, 2013

  House Financial Services Committee to vote today on measures to ease derivatives requirements.

• Too-Big-to-Fail Bill Pitched as Fix for Dodd-Frank’s Flaws

  By Cheyenne Hopkins, Bloomberg  |  April 25, 2013

  Sens. Brown and Vitter propose 15% capital requirement for megabanks.

• Bipartisan Bills Aim to Ease Dodd-Frank Swaps Pushout

  By Cheyenne Hopkins and Silla Brush, Bloomberg  |  March 7, 2013

  House and Senate measures would allow more swaps trading at federally insured banks.

• Budget Bargain Shrinks as Congress Nears Deadline

  By Derek Wallbank, Bloomberg  |  December 26, 2012

  Congress returns Thursday, but hopes are dimming for a deal before year-end.

• Rep. Frank Proposes Merging SEC, CFTC (Reuters)

  November 30, 2012

  Just weeks from exiting House, Massachusetts Democrat makes final push for financial reform.

• Recommendation to Merge SEC, CFTC Alarms Lawmakers (Politico)

  November 16, 2012

  Farm state legislators don’t want the SEC overseeing agricultural markets.

• Midsize Banks Split From Wall Street Agenda

  By Carter Dougherty and Cheyenne Hopkins, Bloomberg  |  November 2, 2012

  Regional banks like U.S. Bancorp and SunTrust Banks set up their own lobbying shops.

• Non-Banks May Be Singled Out as Risky

  By Cheyenne Hopkins and Ian Katz, Bloomberg  |  September 12, 2012

  U.S. panel poised to designate first non-bank companies as potential risks to financial system.