A national poll shows seven out of 10 registered voters would support a federal law requiring online-only sellers to collect sales tax at the time of purchase, the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) announced this morning. Read more

WASHINGTON—Rep. Paul Ryan said Tuesday night he would be open to running for speaker if House Republicans unify behind him, a challenge for the fractured group. Read more

The House secured 218 signatures on a petition Friday that would force a vote to reauthorize the dormant Export-Import Bank -- the first time since 2002 that the procedural tactic known as a discharge petition has succeeded. Read more

WASHINGTON — Brushing aside objections from a handful of conservatives, a bipartisan majority of U.S. House lawmakers employed a rare parliamentary maneuver Friday that likely will lead to retaining a federal agency that helps American companies export their products. Read more

The House Financial Services Committee is expected to vote Wednesday on bills to replace the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's sole director with a bipartisan, five-member commission (H.R. 1266) and require Senate confirmation for the CFPB's inspector general (H.R. 957). Read more

CHILLICOTHE — U.S. Congressmen Steve Stivers and Brad Wenstrup made a joint appearance Monday during an hourlong visit to the Chillicothe Country Club and discussed a number of issues ranging from the Affordable Care Act, opioid addiction and workforce development. Read more

Speaker John Boehner’s retirement announcement was barely hours old when the race to replace him and fill out the House Republican leadership roster began. But with widespread fractures and frustrations within the conference, members on all sides don’t just want new leadership – they want new ideas for how the GOP majority should work. Read more

Republican Steve Stivers of Upper Arlington predicted today that the U.S. House will soon defy a handful of arch conservatives and re-authorize a federal agency that provides credit to foreign companies buying U.S. goods. Read more

A vote to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank by using a rarely successful legislative procedure gained support Thursday from centrist House Republicans, an important step that represents a rebuke to party leaders who allowed the bank to close this summer. Read more

REP. STIVERS: Regulatory reform, tax reform. When you say regulatory reform it means a lot of things. There are a ton of things that we need to do on regulatory reform to free up capital, because Dodd-Frank didn’t only require a lot of big and small banks to hold a lot more capital that they then can’t employ and help get out to the middle-market businesses in this room and across our country. Read more