Equity

The House narrowly passed the $2 trillion spending bill, 220 to 213, which aims to tackle climate change, health care and the nation’s social safety net over the next decade. The bill faces a difficult road ahead in the Senate.

Both the FDIC and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency have proposed bank regulatory changes to the Community Reinvestment Act, a landmark civil rights legislation enacted in the wake of redlining practices that worsened urban divestment and racial wealth inequalities.