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House Financial Services Committee members recently advanced a series of bills that seek to protect investors, ensure fair employment opportunities for justice-involved individuals, and reform credit union governance.

Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), signaled on Tuesday that the group was more than ready to use its influence to ensure that President Biden's $1.75 Build Back Better package passes through the House before Thanksgiving.

House Democrats have returned to the Capitol with plans to vote as soon as Thursday on President Joe Biden's roughly $1.75 trillion social spending bill, with the party's warring factions seemingly appeased.

A coalition of conservative religious groups is waging an intensive lobbying effort to remove a nondiscrimination provision from President Biden's ambitious prekindergarten and child care plans, fearing it would disqualify their programs from receiving a huge new infusion of federal money.

Black community leaders urged public and private officials to do more to create affordable housing in Greater Columbus, saying the need has become as dire as ever.

The hearing held by the House Financial Services' Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion, centered around discrimination in the financial services industry in relation to banking, housing, employment and lending.

Top members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) played leading roles in brokering the deal that allowed the bipartisan infrastructure bill to emerge from House gridlock and reach President Biden's desk.

When Margaret Rosell Hawkins and Sarah Strickland Scott put their heads together to create an organization to support the dreams and aspirations of Black women, they envisioned a group that would foster an appreciation for civic engagement, educational advancement, and cultural relevance.