On September 30, 2021, Congress passed a last-minute, short-term funding measure, averting a government shutdown that would have curtained most Federal operations, including the National Flood Insurance Program. The house approved the measure that continues funding until December 3, 2021 in the morning, the senate took action in the afternoon, and President Biden signed the bill that evening.
Month: October 2021
SENATE CONFIRMS CHOPRA AS CFPB DIRECTOR
On September 30, nine months into the Biden administration, the U.S. Senate confirmed Rohit Chopra as the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by a 50 – 48 vote.