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http://https//www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-21/volcker-rule-change-backed-in-house-panel-s-dodd-frank-remedy By Elizabeth Dexheimer U.S. House lawmakers have advanced legislation that could either expand or upend Congress’s best hope of rolling back banking-industry regulations since the financial crisis. The proposals approved by the Financial Services Committee on… Read more »

http://http//www.investmentnews.com/article/20180315/FREE/180319950/senate-rollback-of-dodd-frank-faces-challenge-in-house By Bloomberg News That was the message from House Republicans a day after the Senate passed sweeping legislationthat many bankers consider their best chance in years of easing post-crisis financial rules. House Financial Services Chairman Jeb… Read more »

http://https//www.memri.org/reports/deep-divide-between-copts-egypt-and-us-over-introduction-bill-us-congress-expressing-concern The December 21, 2017 introduction, in the U.S. House of Representatives, of a bill calling on the government of Egypt to enact reforms ensuring that Egypt's Coptic Christians have "the same rights and opportunities as all other Egyptian citizens" and that it… Read more »

http://https//www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-influence/2018/03/13/remember-the-tariffs-130247 By MARIANNE LEVINE and THEODORIC MEYER REMEMBER THE TARIFFS? Trade groups have more questions about the forthcoming tariffs for Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross. In a letter sent today, Jim McGreevy of the Beer Institute, Susan Neely of… Read more »

http://http//www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/mar/09/tariffs-to-be-felt-in-state-20180309/?f=latest By Frank E. Lockwood WASHINGTON -- Steel producers in northeast Arkansas have welcomed tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum imports, but the new trade barriers are causing alarm elsewhere in the state. During a visit to Capitol Hill this week, business leaders from Pine Bluff… Read more »

http://http//www.arkansasmatters.com/news/local-news/work-requirement-approved-for-ar-works-enrollees/1010509818 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (News release) - Governor Asa Hutchinson announced Monday that the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved the State’s request to implement a work requirement for Arkansas Works enrollees. With this approval, Arkansas becomes… Read more »

http://http//www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/mar/04/marshallese-focus-of-two-resolutions-wo/?f=news-arkansas By Frank E. Lockwood WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Steve Womack and U.S. Sen. John Boozman introduced resolutions Tuesday "recognizing the rich history, heritage, and strategic importance of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Marshallese population residing in the… Read more »

http://http//www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/feb/18/hills-staff-sets-mobile-office-hours/?f=news-politics U.S. Rep. French Hill's staff members will be holding mobile office hours across the 2nd Congressional District during the next two weeks. The Republican from Little Rock will have representatives in all seven of the counties where he has constituents: Van Buren, Conway, White,… Read more »

http://http//www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/feb/17/hill-plan-on-titles-passes-in-house-201/?f=news-politics By Frank E. Lockwood WASHINGTON -- A bill by U.S. Rep. French Hill altering title insurance premium disclosures passed the U.S. House of Representatives this week, part of a legislative package that garnered considerable bipartisan support. The measure changes the way… Read more »

http://https//www.respanews.com/RN/ArticlesRN/Hill-lauded-for-work-on-TRID-fix-passage-72385.aspx The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) may be re-examining many of its cases, policies and procedures under acting director Mick Mulvaney. But Congress is looking to ensure that title insurance disclosures are clarified now, with or without the bureau’s action. The TRID… Read more »