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House Democrats are pushing legislative proposals to task the Securities and Exchange Commission and other financial market regulators with requiring companies to disclose racial and gender pay equity audits, board director demographics and other diversity-related information.

NEW JERSEY — New Jersey Representatives Josh Gottheimer and Mikie Sherrill have renewed calls for the restoration of the State and Local Tax deduction, this time alongside two other members of Congress.

Stakeholders from two of the nation's largest money managers on Thursday discussed with lawmakers the benefits of diversity and inclusion initiatives for the investment industry and the need to do more.

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U.S. Reps. Maxine Waters (D-CA), chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, and Joyce Beatty (D-OH), chair of the Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion, released a report on diversity and inclusion at America's largest investment firms.

The region's largest event designed to boost diversity and inclusion in the workplace is set to return next week.

Five House Democratic caucus chairs, along with 36 other members of the Progressive Caucus, are calling for Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) to be stripped of her committee assignments, citing her repeated "anti-Muslim" attacks against Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.).

WASHINGTON, D. C. -- A group of Ohio Congress members wants a second helping of cash for a Restaurant Revitalization Fund, part of the American Rescue Plan established to aid restaurants, food stands, bars and other food-service entities stay open amid the coronavirus pandemic.