WASHINGTON (AP) — North Carolina Rep. Mel Watt has been sworn in to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Vice President Joe Biden presided over a ceremonial swearing-in on Monday on the White ...

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan and National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling urged the Senate to confirm Rep. Mel Watt (D-N.C.) as director of the Federal Housing Finance ...

Democrats, led by Senate majority Leader Harry Reid, voted to overturn an existing rule that required a minimum of 60 votes to break a filibuster blocking a floor vote for a presidential nomination.

Mortgage bankers, realtors, and home builders all lobbied Republican senators to approve industry-friendly, big government-friendly Congressman Mel Watt as the chief regulator for Fannie Mae. (AP ...

WASHINGTON — Melvin L. Watt, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, is under investigation for allegedly sexually harassing a female employee, the agency said Friday. Watt is nearing the ...

President Barack Obama’s nomination of Rep. Mel Watt (D-NC) to head the Federal Housing Finance Agency met with significant headwinds as Senate Republicans mustered enough votes to deny cloture and a ...

The response, of course, was The Local Radio Freedom Act, which aims to head off any attempt to impose any royalty for over-air performance of songs on AM and FM radio. “He’s the right person to ...

(The Root) — On Wednesday, President Obama will announce his intent to nominate Rep. Mel Watt (D-N.C.) to direct the Federal Housing Finance Agency, a White House official told The Root. Suggested ...

One of North Carolina’s new men on Capitol Hill went after one of its older guys on the block in a Beltway sparring match. U.S. Rep. Robert Pittenger, a Charlotte Republican, took to Twitter this week ...

Ed Gordon talks with Rep. Mel Watt (D-NC), chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, and Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), for a look at the issues keeping Congress busy during the hot summer months. From ...