Mansfield presented her findings to the Department of Housing and Urban Development and Treasury Departments' Joint Task Force on Predatory Mortgage Lending and to the House Banking Committee.
But by 1993, when former Fed Chairman Greenspan provided the House banking committee with a breakdown of the number of economists on contract or employed by the Fed, he reported that 189 worked for the board itself and another 171 for the various regional banks.
So far this year, he's appeared before the Senate Banking Committee and the House Budget Committee for routine hearings.
And to this end coupled with affordable ticket prices, the LOC is banking that packing the house will fuel increases in concessions and merchandise revenue that will more than make up for selling Olympic tickets at prices below market value.
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Paulson and Bernanke testify before the Senate's banking committee Tuesday and the House Financial Services Committee Wednesday.
The big accounting firms have gigantic PACs and, yes, they focus their fundraising efforts and revolving-door hiring practices (both internally and at the lobbying firms they hire) on key leadership positions in the Senate and House and on the banking and financial services committee (on both sides of the aisle).
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He now had three "pulpits" - the Church, the House of Lords and the banking commission.
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The Financial Services Bill is due before the House of Lords and a banking reform White Paper is due out.
The two committees of Congress formally charged with jurisdiction for export administration issues are House Foreign Affairs and Senate Banking and Urban Affairs.
But because the banking system is distressed, and because house prices continue to fall, even these lower rates are not driving investment into the country the way they did before.
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In addition to the House Financial Services and Senate Banking Committees, where the semi-annual remarks are delivered, Fed chairmen often face the Joint Economic Committee and the budget panels of both chambers.
The Corner House has always conducted a regular banking business of considerable size and at considerable profit.
Reportedly, the White House is considering rolling the four banking-supervision agencies into one, though the idea is still in flux.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will deliver his monetary policy report to Congress, first to the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday and then to the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday.
But having failed to mount an effective no-confidence motion against Mr Obuchi's government in the all-important lower house of the Diet (parliament) for its handling the country's banking crisis, Mr Kan and his opposition colleagues have now moved their guerrilla campaign to the upper house where they have a majority.
After racing through Congress at near break-neck speed, the acronym-friendly Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the JOBS Act) has stranded in the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs at least 11 other Senate and House bills that deal with securities law reforms.
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There is general agreement between the House and Senate on what needs to get done, a Banking Committee spokeswoman says.
The House Builders Federation said the lack of mortgage availability since the 2008 banking crisis had been "the biggest constraint" on new homes and the indemnity scheme would help to address this.
These would include a new house building programme, bringing back the 10p tax rate and reforming the banking system.
Earlier this year, the House Financial Services Committee passed an FHA reform bill, and the Senate Banking Committee is expected to address the issue in the coming weeks.
But senior GOP and White House aides said they decided to "hold the line on spending, " banking on getting enough votes from moderate Democrats who wanted to support tax cuts.
Sir Mervyn, also speaking at Mansion House, said the eurozone debt crisis had pushed up funding costs in the banking sector, which in turn meant the cost of borrowing for businesses and individuals had risen.
As the House of Representatives tore apart Hank Paulson's construct to re-liquefy our banking system, the phrase "bailout" wasn't descriptive enough, just a copy editor's splash headline.
Morgan, part of the venerable House of Morgan, was traditionally a commercial bank, but has aggressively entered the investment banking business.
White House talks with lawmakers over a plan to restore liquidity and confidence to America's banking system erupted into a "shouting match" yesterday, according to one report.
The new House Finance Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and the new Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) aim this year to rewrite lending laws to establish new consumer protections and stricter rules for loans made to subprime (that is, not very creditworthy) borrowers.
Christopher Dodd of Connecticut, whose Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee convenes Thursday, and Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts, whose House Financial Services Committee meets Friday.
"No other agency can, or is likely to be able to, replicate the breadth and depth of relevant expertise" that the Fed has in overseeing complex banking organizations and spotting risks that could damage the economy at large, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke told the House Financial Services Committee.
Yesterday, the House passed comprehensive reform legislation that incorporates some of the essential changes we need, and the Senate Banking Committee is working on its own package of reforms.
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Soon, however, the White House admitted the president had himself erred, having approved a White House coffee guest list that included DNC officials, Comptroller of the Currency Eugene Ludwig, and several banking executives.
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