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According to market news, the U.S. Congress is urging the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) to approve bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies for inclusion in 401 (k) retirement plans. Members of the House Financial Services Committee sent a letter to SEC Chairperson Paul Atkins, urging him to update securities rules so that...
U.S. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has just revealed that she has been buying bitcoin.
A bipartisan coalition in the US Congress is pushing for legislation that would ban lawmakers from trading individual stocks, a practice that has long sparked ethical controversy and exacerbated internal divisions among lawmakers over how deeply to police their personal finances. Representative Anna Paulina Luna, Republican of Florida, set in motion on Tuesday night to force a House vote on a bipartisan bill that has more than 100 co-sponsors.
On the 18th local time, the US Senate approved the bill to force the disclosure of Epstein case documents. Earlier in the day, the US House of Representatives voted and passed the requirement for the Department of Justice to release all Epstein case documents. US President Trump has previously expressed support for the disclosure of Epstein case documents. Since the resumption of the US House of Representatives on the 12th of this month, Democrats and Republicans have taken turns to release some...
According to US media reports on the 9th, the US Senate has reached an agreement on ending the "shutdown" of the federal government. (Xinhua News Agency)
Congressional Budget Office (CBO): The United States is expected to have a budget surplus of $164 billion in September. The fiscal year 2025 (12 months ending September 30) is expected to have a budget deficit of $1.809 trillion, compared with a deficit of $1.817 trillion in fiscal year 2024. Fiscal year 2025 revenue rose 6% to $5.22 trillion; fiscal spending rose 3% to $7.035 trillion.
US President Donald Trump has agreed to meet four top congressional leaders (House Speaker Johnson, Senate Majority Leader Thune, Senate Minority Leader Schumer, and House Minority Leader Jeffries) in the Oval Office of the White House. According to people familiar with the matter, the meeting is designed to pave the way for another key vote in the Senate that will determine whether Congress can continue to fund the government after Tuesday. This month...
President Trump has placed a golden statue of himself holding bitcoin outside the U.S. Capitol.
According to Crypto in America, the US Congress held a session on the promotion of bitcoin strategic reserve legislation on September 17. Several Republican lawmakers, including Senator Ted Cruz and Marsha Blackburn, as well as MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor and other industry representatives attended the meeting. The BITCOIN Act, which was reintroduced by Senator Cynthia Lummis in March, seeks to bring bitcoin into the national strategic reserve on a par with gold.
The Congressional Budget Office (CB0) raised its forecast for U.S. inflation and unemployment this year and lowered its forecast for economic growth, taking into account U.S. President Donald Trump's tax code, tariffs and reduced net immigration. The agency's economic forecast, released on Friday, showed the U.S. economy would grow 1.4 percent in 2025, down from a predicted value of 1.9 percent in January. Inflation would rise to 3.1 percent, nearly a percentage point higher than previously fore...
