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How animated ASMR ads are made The purpose of this bill is to close the loophole on cryptocurrency assets, like bitcoin, the bill reads, and to add transparency regarding individuals interest in this type of digital financial property.
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The bill highlighted the anonymity of digital assets, a feature that makes them difficult to track and regulate.
It cited the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack in April, in which the criminal group DarkSide demanded payment via cryptocurrency.
The bill did add that public officials are only required to disclose cryptocurrency holdings they have knowledge of.
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Cryptocurrencies of which the reporting individual or the reporting individual s spouse is the owner of record but in which such individual or the reporting individual s spouse has no beneficial interest shall not be listed.
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Do Democrats Have a Realistic Path Forward on Their Voting Bills?
As Republicans across the country restrict voting and federal legislation stalls in Congress, the left’s eyes are on Joe Manchin.
Senator Chuck Schumer, the majority leader, and Senator Mitch McConnell, the minority leader, on Capitol Hill on Tuesday as the Senate discussed the For the People Act.Credit.Photos by Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times; J. Scott Applewhite, via Associated Press
May 11, 2021, 6:43 p.m. ET
The Senate on Tuesday took up the For the People Act, a sweeping bill to overhaul the country’s election system, the first step in what will probably be a long and winding legislative process. Democrats are faced with not only the all-out resistance of Republicans, but also the hesitation of their own 50th vote, Senator Joe Manchin III of West Virginia, the lone Democrat in the chamber who hasn’t signed on as a sponsor of the bill.
As The Hill’s Brett Samuels points out, the White House’s series of meetings comes as it puts pressure on lawmakers by laying out self-imposed deadlines for actions, specifically on immigration and policing reform. Biden has maintained that he wants a deal in an infrastructure package by Memorial Day. He also told a joint session of Congress two weeks ago that he hopes to sign a policing bill into law by May 25 the anniversary of
George Floyd’s death.
A bipartisan deal is possible, but it s highly unlikely to pass the House and Senate during the next few weeks.
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