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January 8 - Foreign Investors Seek Clarity From Washington

January 15 - Political Economy: 'Home' to Roost?

January 22 - House Solidly Backs Student Loan Bill

January 29 - House Passes Bill to Ease Reporting Requirements

February 5 - Political Economy: Goldilocks Redux

February 12 - Fiscal 2008 Budget: Export-Import Bank

February 12 - Rising U.S. Debt Called a Troubling Export

February 12 - Treasury Loses a Major Trade Player

February 19 - Client of the Month Club: William Nixon and J. Drew Hiatt, Policy Impact Communications

February 26 - Banks Scramble to Account for Daylight Savings

March 5 - House Backs Yearly Financial Reporting

March 5 - Political Economy: An Odor of Bad Loans

March 5 - White House Pressured to Get Tough on the Yen

March 12 - Can College Lenders Be Taught New Math?

March 12 - Subprime Loans: Trouble Falls Due

March 19 - Committee Votes to Overhaul Program for Small-Business Disaster Loans

March 19 - Lobbying War Brewing Over Credit Card Fees

March 19 - Political Economy: Chairman Emeritus

March 19 - Taking Stock of Accounting Law

April 2 - Democrats Have High Hopes for Legislation to Overhaul Regulation of Mortgage Financiers

April 2 - Divestment in Iran Goes Grass-Roots

April 2 - Executive Pay Legislation Would Deflate 'Golden Parachutes'

April 16 - Political Economy: On Borrowed Time

April 23 - Bracing for Default Day

April 23 - House Backs Legislation Giving Shareholders Say in Executive Pay

April 23 - Market Without Risk -- or Security

April 23 - SBA Disaster Loan Program Would Change Under House Bill

April 23 - The High Price of Foreclosure

April 30 - White House Opposes Measure To Expand SBA Loan Program

April 30 - World Bank Setback?

May 7 - Bill Would Revamp FHA Lending, Add to Affordable-Housing Fund

May 7 - How the States Came to Rule on Insurance Regulation

May 7 - Insurers Under Siege

May 7 - Panel Advances Ownership Limits for Industrial Loan Companies

May 14 - Five Questions for Cynthia M. Fornelli, Executive Director at Center for Audit Quality

May 28 - Bill Would Curb Retailer Ownership of Industrial Loan Companies

May 28 - Financial Services Appropriations: Realigned Panel Is Finding Its Way

May 28 - Islamic Charities Await Their Day in Court

May 28 - Measures Aim to Block Iran's Power Plays

May 28 - New GSE Regulator Included in Rewrite

May 28 - Political Economy: Fed Watchers Wanted

June 4 - Consumer Groups Say Seize the Day

June 11 - Dodd Plans Tighter Restrictions For Private Student Loan Market

June 11 - Panel Approves Financial Services Bill That Would Lift D.C. Restrictions

June 11 - Unions Target Hedge Buyout Artists

June 18 - Are Gambling Critics Converts to Online Betting?

June 18 - Craig Crawford' s 1600: Storm Aid as the New Ethanol

June 25 - A New Fed Mortgage Plan: Go Figure

June 25 - Education Program Bills Advance

June 25 - Financial Services Bill Approved Again, After Panel Adds Earmarks

July 9 - Political Economy: Separation of Powers?

July 16 - A Private World of Hedges and Equity

July 16 - Ron Paul Gains New Currency

July 23 - No Down Payment, No Housing Problem?

July 30 - Bill Extending Terrorism Risk Insurance Act Takes First Step

August 6 - Private Student Loan Industry Faces Tighter Regulation Under Senate Bill

August 13 - A Mac Strategy for the Mortgage Crunch

August 13 - Different Takes on China's U.S. Forays

September 3 - Fall Agenda: Financial Services Appropriations

September 3 - Fall Agenda: Flood Insurance Overhaul

September 3 - Fall Agenda: Mortgage Banking Regulation

September 3 - Fall Agenda: Terrorism Insurance Extension

September 3 - Feds and Insurers Step Up Wind-Damage Dispute

September 3 - Five Questions for Patrick Creadon, Documentary Filmmaker

September 10 - Broad Student Aid Overhaul Clears

September 10 - House Mourns Ohio's Paul Gillmor; Seat Certain to Stay in GOP Hands

September 10 - Political Economy: Bang the Drum Louder

September 10 - Student Aid Conference Report Highlights

September 17 - A Distressing Bump in Bankruptcy Filings

September 17 - Debt Limit Boost Approved by Senate Panel

September 17 - Political Economy: Dancing on the Ceiling

September 24 - Chambers Disagree on FHA Loan Limits

September 24 - Finance Firms Joust Over Retirement Law

September 24 - Harsh Subprime Spotlight Turns to Rating Industry

September 24 - House Bill Would Expand ProtectionAgainst Deceptive Lending Practices

September 24 - TRIA Extension Wins House Passage Despite Veto Threat, Budget Concerns

October 8 - Political Economy: Risky Business

October 8 - Shareholder Groups See Red Over SEC Proposals

October 15 - Congress Reconsiders Unsettled Holocaust Claims

October 15 - House Democrats Prevail on Measure To End Privatized Tax Collection

October 15 - Rentals Out Of Reach

October 22 - A Crisis of Confidence in Congress

October 22 - Political Economy: Who's on the Hook?

October 29 - Hill Role in Mortgage Crisis More Suasion Than Force

October 29 - House Bill Would Add Writers of Financial Rules

November 5 - A Departure From Business as Usual

November 5 - A Worrisome New Facet of Foreign Investment

November 5 - Bipartisan Bill to Phase Out Certain Flood Insurance Subsidies Approved

November 5 - Reauthorization of Rural Housing, Voucher Programs Advance in House

November 12 - House Votes to Create Consortium to Share Catastrophic Insurance Loss

November 12 - Mortgage Regulation Rewrite Advances

November 19 - House Passes Mortgage Overhaul Bill

December 10 - House Passes Bill to Expand Regulation of Mortgage Lending

December 17 - A Case of Landlord Schadenfreude

December 17 - Bill Would Allow Bankruptcy Judges To Alter Certain Subprime Mortgages

December 17 - CFTC Reauthorization Moves Forward In House Panel, Senate Farm Bill

December 17 - Senate Passes Tax Bill Addressing Mortgage Debt

December 17 - Senate-Passed Overhaul of FHA Raises Loan Limits, Reduces Costs

December 24 - Aid to Struggling Homeowners Is Cleared

December 24 - House Yields to Senate, Clearing Stripped-Down Terror Insurance Bill