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Deal or no deal? Inside reconciliation and gov’t funding
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Thune filed cloture on the GENIUS Act Monday afternoon, setting up votes later this week on the stablecoin legislation and final passage as early as next week.
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The Senate and the remittance tax
The financial services world is battling back against a new tax on international money transfers in the House-passed reconciliation bill.
Rescissions fight looms even as reconciliation reigns
House GOP leaders will move ahead with a floor vote this week on a $9 billion-plus rescissions package.
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