Claire Williams
@clairewilliams.bsky.social
Congress for American Banker
Pinned
*screams in Southern economic history thesis*
Tell 👏 new 👏 stories 👏
It's ok to accept something's run its course, this thing was basically over nearly 40 years ago.
Disney Reportedly Planning Full Reboot of the INDIANA JONES Franchise
July 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Tell 👏 new 👏 stories 👏
Why do I feel like the world is being run by men who read too man science fiction books and took away ideas instead of warnings
April 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Why do I feel like the world is being run by men who read too man science fiction books and took away ideas instead of warnings
GOP's bank regulation CRA battle finds another front: the OCC bank merger guidelines
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Exclusive: Barr offers CRA resolution for OCC bank merger rule
House Financial Services Committee member Andy Barr, R-Ky., will introduce a Congressional Review Act resolution to nullify the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's merger rule that went into e...
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April 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
GOP's bank regulation CRA battle finds another front: the OCC bank merger guidelines
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*screams in Southern economic history thesis*
April 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
*screams in Southern economic history thesis*
You ever just write something that ages like absolute milk www.americanbanker.com/news/caught-...
Caught between bankers and activists, can the CRA reform proposal make everyone happy?
Key divisions remain on the explicit inclusion of race and the strength of Community Reinvestment Act exams, but both sides are pleased with the promise of increased clarity and transparency.
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March 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
You ever just write something that ages like absolute milk www.americanbanker.com/news/caught-...
Come hang out with me as I live blog the finreg nomination hearing!
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OCC, SEC and Treasury confirmation hearing: Live coverage
The Senate Banking Committee will consider the nominations of Jonathan Gould to lead to Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Paul Atkins to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission and Luke P...
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March 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Come hang out with me as I live blog the finreg nomination hearing!
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You’re thinking of this place all wrong. The money’s not here.
Your money’s in a Tornado mixer, that’s run right next to the data farm right outside of Sioux Falls.
And then the loan that your neighbor used to pay for his burrito, and a cryptocurrency based off a cat meme and a hundred others.
Your money’s in a Tornado mixer, that’s run right next to the data farm right outside of Sioux Falls.
And then the loan that your neighbor used to pay for his burrito, and a cryptocurrency based off a cat meme and a hundred others.
Young men don't open bank accounts. They are too expensive. They download coin base or Robinhood app and buy crypto. That's their savings
If one party pushes that number higher. They vote for em. Gensler/Biden caused those savings to go down. The demo with the biggest change was young men
If one party pushes that number higher. They vote for em. Gensler/Biden caused those savings to go down. The demo with the biggest change was young men
This is legit the dumbest thing I've ever seen him say
March 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
You’re thinking of this place all wrong. The money’s not here.
Your money’s in a Tornado mixer, that’s run right next to the data farm right outside of Sioux Falls.
And then the loan that your neighbor used to pay for his burrito, and a cryptocurrency based off a cat meme and a hundred others.
Your money’s in a Tornado mixer, that’s run right next to the data farm right outside of Sioux Falls.
And then the loan that your neighbor used to pay for his burrito, and a cryptocurrency based off a cat meme and a hundred others.
CDFIs have long enjoyed bipartisan support, but Trump's recent executive order could change that quickly.
Here's what the order means for the industry, how much it likely applies to the CDFI fund and what lies ahead in the CDFI political battles www.americanbanker.com/news/hitting...
Here's what the order means for the industry, how much it likely applies to the CDFI fund and what lies ahead in the CDFI political battles www.americanbanker.com/news/hitting...
'Hitting bone': CDFI industry fears deep cuts under Trump
President Donald Trump's executive order severely limiting the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institution Fund has thrown the industry into confusion as financial companies try to quantify...
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March 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
CDFIs have long enjoyed bipartisan support, but Trump's recent executive order could change that quickly.
Here's what the order means for the industry, how much it likely applies to the CDFI fund and what lies ahead in the CDFI political battles www.americanbanker.com/news/hitting...
Here's what the order means for the industry, how much it likely applies to the CDFI fund and what lies ahead in the CDFI political battles www.americanbanker.com/news/hitting...
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With this and with the VP being booed at the Kennedy Center, what these officials are finding is that once they’re out of their bubble, their constituents are angry with them.
"I feel like this is not productive with everybody yelling at me" -- GOP Rep. Chuck Edwards at his town hall
March 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
With this and with the VP being booed at the Kennedy Center, what these officials are finding is that once they’re out of their bubble, their constituents are angry with them.
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The Senate Banking Committee hosts its first markup of the 119th Congress and it's a doozy. @clairewilliams.bsky.social expertly breaks down what is at stake in the debate over the #stablecoin regulation bill known as the GENIUS Act.
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Banks are pushing back against stablecoin legislation
As the Senate Banking Committee meets to consider landmark stablecoin legislation today, the banking industry is beginning to wake up to what some experts say is an existential threat.
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March 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The Senate Banking Committee hosts its first markup of the 119th Congress and it's a doozy. @clairewilliams.bsky.social expertly breaks down what is at stake in the debate over the #stablecoin regulation bill known as the GENIUS Act.
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In what could be a huge win for CFPB workers, a federal judge said she is likely to issue an injunction against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new leadership that could prevent the Trump administration from taking actions to gut the agency www.americanbanker.com/news/judge-l...
Judge leans toward halting Trump CFPB actions
A federal judge said she is inclined to issue a preliminary injunction to stop the Trump administration dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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March 11, 2025 at 11:13 PM
In what could be a huge win for CFPB workers, a federal judge said she is likely to issue an injunction against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new leadership that could prevent the Trump administration from taking actions to gut the agency www.americanbanker.com/news/judge-l...
Blockbuster of a hearing today on the CFPB. Adam Martinez testified about the chaotic days after DOGE descended on the agency and his worries at the time, despite his earlier sworn declaration to the court that the transition was business as usual www.americanbanker.com/news/judge-w...
Judge weighs how 'normal' the Trump CFPB transition is
In a packed courtroom, a federal judge parsed whether the Trump administration's aggressive actions to rein in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are part of a "normal" transition of power or wo...
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March 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Blockbuster of a hearing today on the CFPB. Adam Martinez testified about the chaotic days after DOGE descended on the agency and his worries at the time, despite his earlier sworn declaration to the court that the transition was business as usual www.americanbanker.com/news/judge-w...
My god it’s like the worst version of alpha house
NEW: Speaker Mike Johnson is living in a D.C. townhouse that is the center of an evangelical pastor’s secretive influence campaign — and the home is owned by a major GOP donor.
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Speaker Mike Johnson Is Living in a D.C. House That Is the Center of a Pastor’s Secretive Influence Campaign
The Capitol Hill townhouse is owned by a major Republican donor. It’s the headquarters of a little-known political influence project that has reached a number of powerful Republican politicians.
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February 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
My god it’s like the worst version of alpha house
Personally, I think we should bring back jousting. Want to be an elite? You and your kids have to run at each other really fast on horses with big sticks
Here's my new constitutional vision: The coordinate branches can be where elites fight among themselves (ideally towards some acceptable, stabilizing stalemate), while the administrative is where the rest of us work together to take care of ourselves
February 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Personally, I think we should bring back jousting. Want to be an elite? You and your kids have to run at each other really fast on horses with big sticks
Reposted by Claire Williams
Paoletta sent an email to CFPB enforcement staff stating that Vought is "implementing new enforcement priorities." Enforcement staff were ordered to make no further contact with parties in litigation.
Failure to abide by his instructions "constitutes insubordination" and risks termination.
Failure to abide by his instructions "constitutes insubordination" and risks termination.
Story coming, but Russ Vought sent an email to CFPB employees instructing them not to do any agency work while the CFPB DC office is shut this week.
Also, it appears that OMB General Counsel Mark Paoletta is serving as the CFPB's chief legal officer. He's got a CFPB email and everything.
Also, it appears that OMB General Counsel Mark Paoletta is serving as the CFPB's chief legal officer. He's got a CFPB email and everything.
February 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Paoletta sent an email to CFPB enforcement staff stating that Vought is "implementing new enforcement priorities." Enforcement staff were ordered to make no further contact with parties in litigation.
Failure to abide by his instructions "constitutes insubordination" and risks termination.
Failure to abide by his instructions "constitutes insubordination" and risks termination.
We’re so on the map y’all
Hi Bluesky! Glad to be here.
February 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We’re so on the map y’all
am I just a brain in a jar somewhere
Just saw a post where someone said that use of em dashes (—) was a giveaway that you're using AI for writing. Uh, no. It could just mean you like to use em dashes.
February 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
am I just a brain in a jar somewhere
I’m sorry did Thom Tillis just say he would be OK with an Aryan bank?
February 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I’m sorry did Thom Tillis just say he would be OK with an Aryan bank?
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*throws story notes in air*
WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: THIS IS NOT A RESCISSION OF THE FEDERAL FUNDING FREEZE
January 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
*throws story notes in air*
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A former tech CEO is on a crusade to get the record of his arrest removed from the internet — suing a journalist for $25 million for truthfully reporting that the domestic violence arrest had occurred. sf.gazetteer.co/a-former-tec...
A former tech CEO is on a crusade to get the record of his arrest removed from the internet - Gazetteer SF
Former Premise Data CEO Maury Blackman is suing a journalist who publicized his domestic violence arrest for $25 million
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January 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
A former tech CEO is on a crusade to get the record of his arrest removed from the internet — suing a journalist for $25 million for truthfully reporting that the domestic violence arrest had occurred. sf.gazetteer.co/a-former-tec...
Follow along for live updates on Scott Bessent's confirmation hearing www.americanbanker.com/live-blog/sc...
Scott Bessent Treasury Secretary confirmation hearing: Live coverage
Hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Treasury Secretary, will appear before the Senate Finance Committee for his confirmation hearing Thursday morning starting at ...
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January 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Follow along for live updates on Scott Bessent's confirmation hearing www.americanbanker.com/live-blog/sc...
Not that Treasury Secretaries need to be from abject poverty, but Lindsey Graham is talking about Little River like it's not mostly golf clubs and wineries
January 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Not that Treasury Secretaries need to be from abject poverty, but Lindsey Graham is talking about Little River like it's not mostly golf clubs and wineries