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Senator Cynthia Lummis, set to lead the Senate Banking Committee's digital assets panel, went after the sale of U.S. bitcoin holdings and FDIC debanking. Updated Jan 16, 2025, 9:58 p.m. UTC Published Jan 16, 2025, 9:52 p.m. UTC Republican U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis took aim at two federal agencies on behalf of the crypto industry this week

Speaker Mike Johnson laid out an ambitious timeline Sunday for a mammoth budget reconciliation package that would enact much of President-elect Donald Trump’s legislative agenda in the first 100 days of his new administration. The House plans to pass a single reconciliation bill as soon as April 3 that would incorporate border security, the extension

The Brazilian Senate has formally initiated its Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) of Bets, which will follow up on the rapid growth and alleged irregularities of online betting businesses that operate in Brazil. The new commission will investigate the financial consequences of online betting on family budgets, possible links to organized crime in the betting

Science & Nature A NASA authorization bill introduced in the Senate in the final days of the current Congress irected NASA to accelerate work...

Republican U.S. lawmakers, including Senator Tim Scott and Representative French Hill, have promised action on digital assets legislation, with plans to advance crypto market-structure bills like the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act (FIT21) and a stablecoin bill. Hill emphasized the importance of bipartisan support for successful legislation, which is expected in

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee voted along party lines Wednesday to advance Julie Su’s nomination to be Labor secretary, with several senators’ floor votes still in question.   The committee voted 11-10 to advance Su, who took over as acting secretary last month after Marty Walsh’s departure...

Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, on Thursday, said that the office of the Senate President, should be zoned to the South-East. Addressing newsmen in Abuja, National Coordinator, HURIWA, Emmanuel Onwubiko, drummed support for Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, saying that he was the best man for the job...

From Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa A group, Niger Delta Peace and Development Advocates (NPDA), has reiterated the call for the position of the Senate Presidency to be zoned to the South East geo- political zone. The President of the NPDA, Mr Kelvin Ebi-Thomas, said in a statement that the call has become imperative to promote justice...