Jasper Goodman
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Reporter @POLITICO covering economic policy in Congress
Joined February 2013
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) has thrust Travis Hill's nomination to lead the FDIC into limbo Kennedy says he won't support Hill unless he hears more about his efforts to improve the agency's workplace culture @mstratford
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Opposition from Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) could threaten Travis Hill’s path out of committee if all Democrats on the panel vote against him.
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A Trump Export-Import Bank pick has withdrawn his nomination ahead of a Senate confirmation hearing set for tomorrow @hapgoodreports
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Export-Import Bank Chief Banking Officer Bryce McFerran was nominated to serve as the bank's first vice president and vice chair.
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WATCH LIVE: House Financial Services Committee Rep. @ZachNunn joins our @Jasper_Goodman to discuss how lawmakers are responding to the rising number of fraud and scam threats that come with emerging tech. Tune into their @POLITICOLive chat👇
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WATCH LIVE: House Financial Services Committee Dems @RepBillFoster and @RepCasten join @Jasper_Goodman to discuss how Washington is trying to keep pace with the financial risks of AI and other emerging tech. Tune into their @POLITICOLive chat👇
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Morning Money today: Staff-level talks over a crypto market structure bill have resumed, the first time negotiations have progressed since a public blowup derailed the effort Crypto-friendly Senate Dems will meet Wednesday with Christy Goldsmith Romero https://t.co/V8gPFntiTp
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Less than a week after cryptocurrency industry executives flocked to Capitol Hill in a bid to rescue a landmark legislative overhaul of digital asset regulations, signs of life for the effort are...
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The crypto industry has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to get its way in Washington But when it comes to the top item on their 2025 wish list, crypto CEOs are finding that they need one thing money can’t buy: more time @declanharty @meredithllee
https://t.co/a4YqN6NJlq
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Legislation establishing crypto-friendly regulation is a long-pending priority for the digital assets industry in Washington.
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Abundance vs. Populism: A Former White House Aide Wants Democrats to Have It Both Ways My Q&A with @mtkonczal on the politics and policy around affordability: https://t.co/fxQIUVnnp2
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Democrats are promising to take on the high cost of living. Can they even agree on what’s causing the affordability crisis?
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Highly-levered crypto markets have always been susceptible to wild swings from exogenous shocks. As the industry forges deeper ties with traditional finance, that's going to cause some problems. @declanharty
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Investors have been gorging on borrowed money — or leverage — in recent years to turbocharge their bets on bitcoin, ether and the thousands of other crypto tokens.
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NEW: Senate Dems who are working to strike a crypto deal plan to meet with industry CEOs in the coming days. @Jasper_Goodman
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The planned meeting comes amid an impasse over a major cryptocurrency bill.
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New: Crypto-friendly Senate Dems are eyeing a meeting with digital asset industry CEOs as soon as next week. Unclear who will attend. The meeting, which could come as soon as next Wednesday, is being organized by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) https://t.co/e8Z7JPxT9B
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The planned meeting comes amid an impasse over a major cryptocurrency bill.
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A bloc of crypto-friendly Senate Dems attended a classified briefing on illicit finance on Capitol Hill Wednesday evening Same group also met this morning on Capitol Hill to discuss an impasse with Republicans over market structure legislation https://t.co/nSr76qryBX
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It comes as bipartisan negotiations over a crypto market structure bill are stalled.
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The centerpiece of Republicans’ crypto policy agenda is stuck in the mud in the U.S. Senate, and it is becoming increasingly clear that it has little chance of becoming law this year More in MM today: https://t.co/NtQltbH21g
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The centerpiece of Republicans’ cryptocurrency policy agenda is stuck in the mud in the U.S. Senate, and it is becoming increasingly clear that it has little chance of becoming law this year.
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The Trump administration terminated all employees at the CDFI Fund as part of a mass firing of government employees on Friday. The RIF notice, obtained by POLITICO, aims to “abolish” the CDFI Fund as it does “not align with the President’s priorities.” https://t.co/JPz09V7zKp
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The fund had been under intense scrutiny by the Trump administration, which had proposed eliminating the program in its latest budget proposal.
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The votes came as part of an amendments deal that has been on the table since last month https://t.co/xJF8xexawE
The amendments on the table here include an outbound investment crackdown and a provision that would require the Fed/CFPB IG to be nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate The ROAD to Housing Act is included in the manager's package https://t.co/HKIHVQnvKy
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Also last night, the Senate passed Banking's big bipartisan housing bill and new outbound investment restrictions as part of the NDAA. (Both provisions face headwinds in the House.) Senators rejected a pair of interesting Fed amendments @hapgoodreports
https://t.co/hDHuajwqbs
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The Senate's National Defense Authorization Act contains several amendments pushed by Senate Banking committee members.
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ICYMI last night: Crypto chaos has returned to the Senate Bipartisan talks over a crypto market structure bill have stalled, jeopardizing the legislation’s path forward this year. https://t.co/4r7n8G0aqd
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A GOP-led effort to pass a landmark crypto bill this year is in jeopardy.
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Deposit insurance news: Sens. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) & Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) are out with a revamped proposal to expand federal deposit insurance for business accounts @mstratford
https://t.co/aCEGLMjFBp
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The new bill expands on earlier drafts that focused only on small and mid-sized banks.
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Scoop from @mstratford: Trump administration officials are exploring options to sell off parts of the federal government’s $1.6 trillion student loan portfolio to the private market https://t.co/jRWUootOjm
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The discussions have taken place among senior Education Department and Treasury Department officials.
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A top official on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s cryptocurrency task force, Mike Selig, is emerging as the leading candidate to chair the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, according to two people familiar with the discussions. https://t.co/lPx109F9t4
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Selig, if nominated, would succeed former CFTC Commissioner Brian Quintenz as Trump’s pick to run the derivatives watchdog.
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