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Democratic Sens. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts speak during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on April 1, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Treasury, IRS use of third-party ID verification under fire from top Senate Finance, Banking Dems

Sens. Ron Wyden and Elizabeth Warren took issue with Treasury and IRS’s use of ID.me following an OMB directive to make Login.gov the government’s universal sign-on system.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., questions executives of the nation’s largest banks during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing Sept. 22, 2022 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Financial agency rule changes leave banks open to cyber threats, Elizabeth Warren warns

In a letter to Fed, FDIC and OCC leaders, the Massachusetts Democrat pushed for the rescission of policy updates that curb bank examiners’ enforcement powers.
From left, Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Raphael Warnock of Georgia, and Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island hold a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 17, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Democrats stump for labor representation on Fed’s AI task force

The lawmakers pushed Fed Chair Kevin Warsh to include U.S. workforce perspectives on a panel that currently features three individuals with “direct financial ties to the AI…
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, and ranking member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., hold a hearing on July 22, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Tech-focused taxpayer services bill clears Senate Finance Committee

The bipartisan IRS legislation contains 60-plus measures, covering everything from digitization of tax returns to online dashboards and callback technology.
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Demonstrators hold signs as they protest against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s DOGE’s efforts to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in front of the CFPB headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 10, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Vought ducks Dems’ questions about CFPB website deletions, source says

A source with the Senate Banking Committee Democrats said the acting CFPB director hasn’t responded to a June 22 letter about the disappearance of 15 years of…
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., talks with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., before the start of a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Oct. 19, 2017, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Democrats push SSA on reported DOGE plan to ‘kill off’ living individuals in database

Letters from Sens. Warren and Blumenthal follow a whistleblower complaint detailing an attempt to move 2.7 million people to the Death Master File as an immigration enforcement…
From left, Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Angus King, I-Maine, speak to reporters at the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 26, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

GAO tells senators it will investigate IRS’s Free File program

The watchdog said in a letter to Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Angus King and Ron Wyden that it will honor their request to probe Free File following the…
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