The law is "an important step" toward allowing banks to serve legal cannabis and cannabis-related businesses.
House vote on audit rules could force the delisting of Chinese stocks if they don't comply with regulations.
The current system that allows insiders to trade on information about a significant corporate event is "a total abuse of the public trust."
The SEC has been working on a rule that could give activist investors an edge in contested board elections.
“Today, the House acted to prevent Puerto Rico's fiscal crisis from escalating to a humanitarian catastrophe," says a co-author of the bill.
The Senate, which was pushing for a two-year extension, takes up the bill next week.
There's a wave of support behind patent reform bills in Congress, but some say the changes could hurt small firms and inventors.
