For passage in the Senate, there needs to be at least 60 votes. On Tuesday, two House committees easily approved a bill that establishes a regulatory framework for digital assets, not just stablecoin, called the CLARITY Act.

The Senate is poised to hold another key procedural vote on stablecoin legislation Wednesday, clearing the way for the crypto bill after several controversial amendments threatened to complicate

The Senate voted 68-30 to invoke cloture on the GENIUS Act, which aims to regulate stablecoins, including backing from all Republicans and 18 Democratic lawmakers.

Sheila Rasouli, an organizer with the Ann Arbor Tenants Union, said the new bill could prevent much-needed housing from falling into disrepair. One example is the Arbor One Apartments in Ypsilanti, which were condemned earlier this year after asbestos and sewage issues made the entire complex uninhabitable.

The bill has already been okayed by both the Oregon House and Senate. However, the House made some tweaks after the Senate approved it, so Senate Bill 916 had to again earn a yes vote from the Senate in order to proceed to Gov. Tina Kotek’s desk. It didn’t.

Democratic lawmakers will submit a bill in the Senate on Tuesday that would reverse the Pentagon's new ban on transgender military service members diagnosed with gender dysphoria who now face being forced out if they had not previously self-identified as transgender.

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee today released its text for the budget reconciliation bill. The text includes one health care provision, which would fund cost-sharing reduction payments to insurers in Affordable Care Act marketplaces.

The Senate health committee aims to restore cost-sharing reduction payments to health insurance companies, which is expected to raise premiums for many enrollees.

An Oregon bill that would require big tech companies including Meta and Google to pay money to local newsrooms is trudging forward with less than three weeks left in this year’s legislative session.