Crypto regulation could see a major overhaul as House Republicans take steps to revamp the oversight of the emerging class asset. According to Rep. French Hill, who leads the Digital Assets, Financia...
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Republicans Need To Lead Intellectual Property Reform
Freshly minted Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy and his slender Republican majority may have a long list of legislation that they would like to see become law, but with a Democratic White House and...
Republican Sen. Mike Lee’s Twitter Account Briefly Suspended—And It’s Not Clear Why
Topline Sen. Mike Lee’s (R-Utah) personal Twitter account was suspended for several hours Wednesday for unspecified violations of the platform’s rules, just weeks after fellow Republican Sen. Steve Da...
These Republican Bills Want to Make Tax Cheats Richer
The first bill introduced in a new session of Congress can be an important symbol of political priorities and values. For the Republicans who took over a slim majority in the House of Representatives,...
Republican Congressman Tom Emmer Introduces Bill to Ban Fed’s CBDC
On February 22, Republican Congressman Tom Emmer of the US House of Representatives introduced a bill to ban the Federal Reserve (Fed) from issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC). The “CBDC An...
House Republican Inquisition Excludes Agency Lawyering And Requires Government-Hired Counsel
The expected House Republican inquisition is upon us. It will involve a series of investigations of federal agencies, on issues such as covid guidance, global warming, “weaponization,” over-regulation...
Right-Wing Calls To Cut Defense Would End Up Targeting The Republican Base
There is a move afoot among some Republicans in the House of Representatives to scale back the federal government’s discretionary spending in fiscal 2024 to the level prevailing in 2022. Discretionary...
Lindsey Graham Helps Biden Outpace Trump’s Judicial Nominees—And Some Republicans Are Pushing For A Slowdown
Topline Some Republican senators are urging their GOP colleagues to slow down confirmation of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees after the upper chamber approved his 100th pick for a federal judg...
Senate Republican drafting proof-of-reserve legislation
Policy • February 15, 2023, 10:46AM EST Published 16 hours and 30 minutes earlier on Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., is drafting legislation to require digital asset exchanges and custodians operating in th...
Democrat Brandon Presley—Cousin Of Elvis—Close To Mississippi’s Republican Governor In Recent Polls
Topline This year’s gubernatorial election in reliably red Mississippi is shaping up to be the most competitive in decades, according to recent (if small) polls, with a distant relative of rock and ro...
Nikki Haley And Tim Scott Make Moves Toward Republican Presidential Contest
Topline Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is set to become the first formal Republican challenger to former President Donald Trump’s third presidential bid on Wednesday when she will make an anno...
Republican Congressmen Call Out SEC’s Gensler in FTX Records Request
Two Republican congressmen are the latest US politicians to join a growing chorus of those urging the SEC to share details around its correspondence with FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried and the Justice ...
A Top Republican Warns High Risk Of China-Taiwan War. Here’s How To Invest If It Happens
TOPSHOT – China’s sole aircraft carrier, the Liaoning (R), arrives in Hong Kong waters on July 7, … [+] 2017, less than a week after a high-profile visit by president Xi Jinping. Chi...
Top Republican Warns High Risk Of China-Taiwan War. Here’s How To Invest If It Happens
TOPSHOT – China’s sole aircraft carrier, the Liaoning (R), arrives in Hong Kong waters on July 7, … [+] 2017, less than a week after a high-profile visit by president Xi Jinping. Chi...
Top Republican lawmaker explains how Congress is warming up to crypto
Episode 4 of Season 5 of The Scoop was recorded remotely with The Block’s Frank Chaparro and Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn. Listen below, and subscribe to The Scoop on Apple, Spotify, Google Podc...
What to know about the Republican plan
John Miller | iStock | Getty Images A group of House Republicans is revisiting the Fair Tax Act, which would replace certain federal levies with a national sales tax and decentralize the IRS. While th...
Hawley Demands Biden Administration Enforce Bill Banning TikTok From Federal Devices
Topline Sen. Josh Hawley (Mo.) has requested the Biden Administration quickly enforce a bill banning TikTok from federal devices, according to a letter sent Friday to the Office of Management and Budg...
The Internet Loves The Absurd Lies Of George Santos
New York Congressman-Elect George Santos speaks during the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) Annual … [+] Leadership Meeting at the Venetian Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 19, 2022. ...
FEC Dismisses GOP Complaint Alleging Gmail Sent More Republican Fundraising Emails To Spam Folders, Report Says
Topline The Federal Election Commission dismissed a complaint filed by the Republican National Committee against Google, rejecting claims the company’s Gmail service purposely filtered emails soliciti...
Meet The House Republican Who Could Decide Crypto’s Future
While crypto prices rallied last week, the public learned House Republicans are forming a cryptocurrency subcommittee. The announcement may spell the beginning of the end of U.S. regulatory ambiguity ...
President Biden Makes His Feelings Clear on House Republican Bill to Abolish IRS
A controversial proposal introduced by the newly elected, Republican controlled, House of Representatives has been making some headlines. It involves a scheme to get rid of the income tax in favor of ...
Texas Republican Files Articles Of Impeachment Against DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
Topline Rep. Pat Fallon (R-Tx.) filed articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Monday, making good on Republicans’ promise to begin the long-shot process for r...
Here’s What He Gave Up To Win House Speakership
Topline Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) agreed to a series of concessions that have been criticized by both centrist Republicans and Democrats in order to win over hard-line Republican dissenters in hi...
Trump Seeks Credit For McCarthy’s Speakership After Former MAGA Leaders Ignored Him
Topline After a historic and painstaking 15 rounds of voting, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) thanked former President Donald Trump for helping him “get those final votes” to win his bid for House spea...
Conservative Leader Schlapp Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Herschel Walker Campaign Staffer
Topline Matt Schlapp, a major Republican figure who is chairman of the Conservative Political Action Coalition (CPAC), is accused of groping a Herschel Walker Senate campaign staff member in October d...
McCarthy Makes Progress—Flips 15 Republican Votes As House Adjourns Until 10 P.M.
Topline Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) made his first tangible progress toward becoming House speaker since voting started Tuesday, flipping the votes Friday of 15 Republicans who opposed him in earli...
What To Know About Byron Donalds—The Republican Challenging McCarthy For Speaker
Topline Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) emerged Wednesday as the main Republican challenger to Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) bid for House speaker, as a group of almost two dozen hard-right repre...
Trump’s Republican Critics Lash Out On Morning Shows — With Calls For Criminal Charges And Alternative Candidates For 2024
Topline Two outspoken Republican Trump critics had harsh words Sunday for the former president as he makes his second bid for the White House, with Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson saying the January 6 ri...
Latest Reports Call Republican Congressman-Elect’s Sexuality And Jewish Heritage Into Question
Topline Republican Rep.-Elect George Santos’ claim of being the first openly gay non-incumbent GOP member elected to Congress is the latest detail about his life and career being called into question ...
New top House Republican on markets isn’t as anti-ESG as some GOP want
Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) and Chairman of the House Financial Service Committee Maxine Waters (D-CA) listen as David Marcus, CEO of Facebook’s Calibra, testifies on “Examining Facebook’s...