Brendan Pedersen

Democrats in favor: Sens. Alsobrooks, Booker, Cortez Masto, Fetterman, Gallego, Gillibrand, Hassan, Heinrich, Hickenlooper*, Kelly, Kim*, Luján, Padilla, Rosen, Schiff, Slotkin, Warner, Warnock *new pickups

Senate Periodicals @SenatePPG

Invoked, 68-30: Motion to invoke cloture on Hagerty substitute amendment #2307 to Cal. #66, S.1582, GENIUS Act.

RT @arappeport: Asked about the possibility of becoming Fed chair, Bessent says that being Treasury secretary is the "best job in Washingto…

AFAIK this goes back to Chair Tim Scott (R-S.C.) saying it had been "seven or eight years since we've actually had a markup on this committee" when they marked up GENIUS in March. https://t.co/c6MPxnjDEe The committee removed that phrase in the transcript of Scott's remarks https://t.co/G6l4SX6Ybp

Brendan Pedersen @BrendanPedersen

A weird thing Senate Banking Republicans do on-again off-again is pretend the panel hasn't advanced legislation in 7-8 years. It's not true! In the 118th Congress, Banking advanced the RECOUP Act, SAFER Banking and FEND OFF Fentanyl Act. FEND is now law! https://t.co/Y50wLdfIDT

RT @AndrewDesiderio: Wow — McConnell says U.S. allies are “wondering whether we’re in the middle of brokering what appears to be allowing t…

News: The House Financial Services Committee has advanced the CLARITY Act, a landmark crypto market structure bill, on a vote of 32-19. Democratic Reps. TORRES and FIELDS joined Republicans in support.

Brendan Pedersen @BrendanPedersen

We're waiting for the House Financial Services Committee to chew through a couple smaller bills before getting to the CLARITY Act, aka, crypto market structure reform. We're expecting another long day. Last I checked, Democrats have filed just under 40 amendments.