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The Senate early Thursday narrowly passed, 51-48, a $9 billion foreign aid and public media rescissions package, sending the spending cancellations sought by President Donald Trump back to the House where the clock is ticking to get it cleared by Friday.
Murkowski said on Wednesday that she still opposes the bill after voting on Tuesday against advancing it forward.
The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives cleared key procedural hurdles on crypto legislation on Wednesday, a day after President Donald Trump intervened to save the initiative, paving the way for the first federal law for digital assets.
The House on Wednesday finally mustered the votes to adopt a rule governing floor debate on crypto bills and the Defense spending bill.
The gruelling slog, the longest roll call vote in the history of the House, came to an end after Republican leadership agreed to include text barring CBDCs in separate legislation, the National Defense Authorization Act, later this year.