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May 23, 2024

Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) introduced the Designing Accounting Safeguards to Help Broaden Oversight and Regulations on Data (DASHBOARD) Act.

May 22, 2024

Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) announced his support for 15 community projects in Illinois’ 11th Congressional District as part of the House Appropriations Committee's Community Project Funding (CPF) program.

May 8, 2024

(WASHINGTON) — A coalition of Illinois lawmakers are joining the Teamsters in demanding that Amazon respect federal labor laws and stop committing unfair labor practices against its delivery drivers in Skokie, Illinois.

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May 8, 2024

Top banking regulator Martin Gruenberg is facing pressure to resign after a savage report about the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (FDIC) licentious working culture confirmed long-standing findings of sexual harassment plaguing the agency.

May 8, 2024

A bill has been introduced in the United States House of Representatives to ban cryptocurrency mixers for two years. Called the Blockchain Integrity Act, it is sponsored by five Democratic congresspeople led by Sean Casten. 

May 7, 2024

Rep. Bill Foster (D-Ill.) called on FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg to resign on Tuesday after a law firm’s investigation confirmed a report of rampant sexual misconduct, lewd behavior and retaliatory administrative practices at the federal banking regulator.

May 7, 2024

Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy, issued the following statement after the law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

May 7, 2024
  • A new bill from House Financial Services Committee Democrats is expected to target crypto mixing services this week.

  • Legislation from the minority party is unlikely to move the needle in the waning months of the House's crypto negotiations, though its topic is at the center of discussions over illicit finance in the digital assets sector.

May 2, 2024

Aurora, IL – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (IL-11) and Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) announced a $1,499,110 grant for the Quad County Urban League as part of the Department of Labor’s

April 24, 2024

Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) issued the following statement after his legislation to institute U.S. sanctions on any financial institution that helps facilitate the sale of Iranian-built drones, or “unmanned aerial vehicles” (UAVs), was signed into law as part of the $95.3 billion foreign aid package: