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House Republicans cleared a key procedural hurdle Wednesday night to unlock consideration of a trio of cryptocurrency bills, unfreezing the floor after a two-day saga. The chamber adopted a rule
The House on Thursday passed a bill setting up a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins, sending the cryptocurrency bill to President Trump’s desk and marking a major win for the industry. Lawmakers voted 308-122 to pass the GENIUS Act following a tumultuous “crypto week” in the chamber that saw competing GOP factions bring the
The House passed a key procedural vote advancing crypto bills GENIUS and Clarity, setting up final debate and votes.
On Thursday night, Republicans on the House Rules Committee sought to defuse political pressure around the explosive Epstein issue by adopting a non-binding resolution to possibly consider releasing the Epstein files in the future.
Congress had until the end of day on Friday to pass the rescissions request, or the funding would have had to be spent as originally intended.
House Republicans gave the final stamp of approval early Friday morning to a package of $9 billion in spending cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting, handing a win to President Donald Trump.
In voting for President Trump’s cancellation of $9 billion in spending they had already approved, Republicans in Congress showed they were willing to cede their power of the purse.