Financial Services Diversity Initiative

Introduced May 3, 2007Latest action Sep 25, 2007Finance and Financial Sector

Plain-English summary

Financial Services Diversity Initiative - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) active measures should be taken by employers and educational institutions to increase the demographic diversity of the financial services industry; and (2) diversity within the financial services industry is vitally important not only to promoting innovation and creativity in the industry but to developing a more inclusive workforce for a fair and just economy.

Deterministically condensed from the official CRS summary; verify details in the official record.

People and recorded decisions

Sponsors, Cosponsors & House Votes

Nydia M. Velázquez

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Gwen S Moore

Cosponsor · Democratic · WI

Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.

Cosponsor · Democratic · GA

Betty McCollum

Cosponsor · Democratic · MN

Eleanor Holmes Norton

Cosponsor · Democratic · DC

Stephen F. Lynch

Cosponsor · Democratic · MA

Bennie G. Thompson

Cosponsor · Democratic · MS

Yvette D. Clarke

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Danny K. Mr. Davis

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

James E. Clyburn

Cosponsor · Democratic · SC

Gregory W. Meeks

Sponsor · Democratic · NY

Mazie K. Hirono

Cosponsor · Democratic · HI

Maxine Waters

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Alexander Green

Cosponsor · Democratic · TX

Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.

Cosponsor · Democratic · GA

Henry Cuellar

Cosponsor · Democratic · TX

Robert C. "Bobby" Scott

Cosponsor · Democratic · VA

Emanuel Cleaver

Cosponsor · Democratic · MO

No linked House roll-call vote is available yet. Senate votes are not currently synchronized.

Official Subjects

Finance and Financial SectorGraduate educationHigher educationLabor and EmploymentMentoringMinorities in governmentMinority business enterprisesMinority educationMinority employmentApprenticeshipBank managementBlack collegesBusiness educationCommerceCommunity and schoolCorporate managementEducationElementary and secondary educationFinancial servicesFinancial institutions

Sources & text

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