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WASHINGTON—Senate Republican leaders left members from both ends of the party unsatisfied with their version of President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” touching off a fast round of new negotiations to hit their self-imposed deadline of putting the bill on his desk by July 4.
The Senate’s tax bill would boost baseload electricity — including nuclear and geothermal power — while slashing incentives for intermittent sources.
A proposal by Senate Republicans would adjust the pace at which some crucial home energy efficiency and electric vehicle tax credits are phased out in timelines different from what House Republicans p
A Senate tax package softens some blows imposed on renewables by a House version of the bill. But it still terminates many credits for clean power.
The Senate is voting on legislation regulating a form of cryptocurrency called stablecoins. The bill is the first in what’s expected to be a wave of crypto-friendly legislation in Congress following the industry’s heavy spending in last year’s election.
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A plurality of voters oppose the sweeping tax-and-spending legislation, with mixed opinions on specific provisions, according to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll conducted earlier this month.
Terry Moran, who was ousted at ABC over his post tearing into Stephen Miller, tells NYT it “wasn’t a drunk tweet” and he stands by it. He also said ABC’s characterization that it simply wasn’t renewing his contract isn’t true and that the network was “bailing” on an “oral agreement” to renew him for three years.