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The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health examined 17 legislative proposals addressing Medicare payment reform, health care access and cybersecurity on Sept. 15, as health care providers face pressure from payment uncertainty and ransomware threats. The hearing surfaced a core tension: While Republicans and Democrats agree that Medicare’s payment system needs modernization, Democrats warned that administration policies are…

The US House Committee on Financial Services voted 28-21 on Sept. 16 to advance legislation that would write President Donald Trump’s strategic Bitcoin (BTC) reserve executive order into permanent federal law.

The House Ways and Means Committee moved forward a bill on tax for digital assets on Wednesday (September 16), which was designed to minimize the tax liability for small transactions involving cryptocurrencies, while subjecting digital assets to numerous anti-abuse regulations already used for traditional financial instruments. With a vote of 38-5, the committee passed the…

The House Ways and Means Committee voted 38-5 on Sept. 16 to advance the Digital Asset Tax Certainty Act to the full House. The vote came less than 24 hours after the Senate failed to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act. The wide margin reflected strong bipartisan backing for the measure.

The US House Financial Services Committee has voted to advance the unprecedented Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, now known as the American Reserve Modernization Act of 2026 (H.R. 8957). Despite this development, the odds of the proposal becoming law by 2027 are now as low as 6%, down from a 60% high in December.

U.S. crypto markets are facing competing signals after President Donald Trump called for rates of 1% or lower, while the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark rate to 3.75%-4%. At the same time, the House Ways and Means Committee advanced a digital-asset tax bill by 38-5, including proposed relief for qualifying crypto transaction fees of $10…