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4 days ago | 
denvergazette.com | David Sivak |Lauren Green
Staffers on Capitol Hill are spiking their heart rates for an annual fitness challenge pitting congressional offices against one another. For the next three weeks, staffers will be closely monitoring a leader board that spans 21 teams in both the House and Senate. The goal? Racking up the most points using a smart watch that measures the activity levels of each participant.
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5 days ago | 
washingtonexaminer.com | David Sivak
President Donald Trump’s return to the White House is reviving a push to defund Planned Parenthood, with abortion opponents seeing a rare chance to pass the language through Republicans’ sweeping budget bill. Conservatives have tried for years to strip federal funding from the abortion provider, only to see their efforts fall short in Congress or reversed when administrations change hands.
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6 days ago | 
washingtonexaminer.com | David Sivak
Bipartisan stablecoin legislation failed to overcome a 60-vote filibuster hurdle in the Senate Thursday in a stunning setback for the so-called GENIUS Act that would establish a regulatory framework for digital coins. The failed vote on the first-of-its-kind measure came after last-minute opposition from a bloc of crypto-friendly Democrats, derailing what was the product of months of talks between the two sides.
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6 days ago | 
washingtonexaminer.com | David Sivak
President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser has begun reaching out to allies on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as he prepares to be vetted for a new role as U.N. ambassador. This week, Mike Waltz called Sen. John Curtis (R-UT), a former House colleague, to discuss his nomination. He also had a “far-ranging” conversation with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Tuesday that covered foreign policy.
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1 week ago | 
gazette.com | David Sivak
President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser has begun reaching out to allies on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as he prepares to be vetted for a new role as U.N. ambassador. This week, Mike Waltz called Sen. John Curtis (R-UT), a former House colleague, to discuss his nomination. He also had a “far-ranging” conversation with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Tuesday that covered foreign policy.
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1 week ago | 
denvergazette.com | Ramsey Touchberry |David Sivak
Bipartisan stablecoin legislation failed to overcome a 60-vote filibuster hurdle in the Senate Thursday in a stunning setback for the so-called GENIUS Act that would establish a regulatory framework for digital coins. The failed vote on the first-of-its-kind measure came after last-minute opposition from a bloc of crypto-friendly Democrats, derailing what was the product of months of talks between the two sides.
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1 week ago | 
gazette.com | David Sivak
Congressional Republicans are circulating a letter calling for Iran's nuclear program to be fully dismantled as the Trump administration gives mixed messages on the purpose of its negotiations. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Pete Ricketts (R-NE), both members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, plan to send a letter to the White House expressing support for negotiations that lead Iran to “permanently give up any capacity for enrichment,” according to Jewish Insider.
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1 week ago | 
denvergazette.com | David Sivak |Ramsey Touchberry
Senate leaders are working to lock down support for bipartisan cryptocurrency legislation as Republicans begin to complain about last-minute changes being negotiated with the Democrats. Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), one of the leading advocates of a Senate bill regulating digital coins, met with Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Tuesday after a bloc of crypto-friendly Democrats announced surprise opposition to the legislation.
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1 week ago | 
denvergazette.com | David Sivak
Republicans will bring bipartisan stablecoin legislation to the Senate floor despite last-minute opposition from a bloc of crypto-friendly Democrats. The Senate will hold a procedural vote later this week on the GENIUS Act, a spokesperson for Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) confirmed on Monday, after nine Democrats demanded “additional improvements” to the bill on Saturday.
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1 week ago | 
washingtonexaminer.com | David Sivak
Kilmar Abrego Garcia will return to the national spotlight when the Senate votes on a resolution calling for a report on his detention in El Salvador. In the coming weeks, the Senate will take up a Democratic resolution that would require the Trump administration to detail the human rights record of El Salvador, including its treatment of inmates in the megaprison where Abrego Garcia, a mistakenly deported illegal immigrant, was briefly detained.
