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ABA flagged ‘fundamental’ stablecoin concerns in February letter
ABA said financial institutions had “fundamental concerns about insufficient regulation, supervision and enforcement applying to all payment stablecoin issuers."
Crapo dishes on Senate Republicans’ tax priorities
Crapo said that a permanent extension of the 2017 tax law comes first for his members and that the child tax credit will likely have to be expanded too.
Finance Republicans to meet with Trump on tax
Crapo said that permanently extending the Trump tax cuts is the Finance Committee’s number one priority in reconciliation.
Senate Democrats still plotting CR strategy
Democratic senators are meeting for lunch and are expected to continue exchanging ideas on how to handle the mess in front of them.
Lankford talks reconciliation timeline
Sen. James Lankford said Republicans need to enact their reconciliation bill before the August recess so the tax portion can be properly implemented.
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