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While Democratic leadership, including Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, initially called for largely replacing the law, key party officials in recent days have conspicuously declined to say that repeal is the goal.
Economy

‘Repeal and replace’ Trump’s tax cuts? Democrats won’t go there

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The U.S. Bank, one of the largest U.S. lenders, has agreed to pay $613 million to settle U.S. government claims that it cut corners on anti-money laundering safeguards. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg)
Business

US Bank settlement shows Trump isn’t giving misbehaving lenders a free pass

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More than 50 Democrats, led by top Senate Banking Committee Democrat Sherrod Brown of Ohio, (pictured above) wrote Consumer Financial Protection Bureau acting director Mick Mulvaney Friday to warn that reorganizing the bureau's Office of Fair Lending and Equal Opportunity and removing its enforcement role
Economy

Democrats press Mick Mulvaney on CFPB fair lending enforcement

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House Financial Services Committee Chairman Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, asked for a written explanation within a week for the decision to allow the payments, despite the FHFA director's prior assurances that the payments would stop if Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac required new funds from the Treasury. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
Economy

Jeb Hensarling challenges Fannie, Freddie regulator for allowing affordable housing payouts after bailout

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Pedestrians pass in front of a U.S. Bank branch in downtown Chicago in January. The lender has agreed to pay $613 million to settle claims that it deliberately scrimped on anti-money laundering safeguards. Photographer: Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg
Business

Government fines U.S. Bank $613 million for poor money-laundering safeguards

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Freddie Mac, the bailed-out government-sponsored enterprise, told investors that it lost $3.3 billion in the fourth quarter of 2017, driven by a $5.4 billion in accounting losses due to the tax changes signed by President Trump in December. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
Economy

Freddie Mac joins Fannie Mae in needing federal funds because of accounting losses

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The Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 2017 passed in the House of Representatives Wednesday 245-171. The legislation would revise federal banking laws to affirm the legal precedent that a loan that is made legally by a national bank cannot subsequently become illegal if sold to another party. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Business

House passes bill that would allow high-interest loans

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Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, said,
Economy

Jeb Hensarling rips Fannie Mae’s request for a $3.7 billion ‘bailout’

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Mortgage giant Fannie Mae is, in effect, collateral damage from the tax law. It has large deferred tax assets from the financial crisis, essentially losses that it is allowed to write off against tax liabilities. With lower tax rates in the future, those tax assets are now worth less, resulting in accounting losses. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
Economy

Fannie Mae needs $3.7 billion from the Treasury thanks to tax cuts

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Afternoon Links: The Dogs of Chernobyl, 27 Year-Old ‘Retirees’, and the End of the Lifetime Guarantee
Magazine

Afternoon Links: The Dogs of Chernobyl, 27 Year-Old ‘Retirees’, and the End of the Lifetime Guarantee

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