Congress Market Tracker

Crypto Market Structure Updates

• 🔥 CLARITY Act Explained: A detailed podcast covers the history of U.S. digital asset regulation, why...

A May 16 Senate parliamentarian ruling puts federal funding for Trump’s White House ballroom security at risk, potentially reshaping Congressional...

Congress introduced legislation to criminalize political insider trading in prediction markets after the Senate banned its members from betting. A...

President signs P.L.119-90, requiring FERC to extend construction deadlines for select hydropower projects. This provides targeted regulatory relief for energy infrastructure amid ongoing legislative activity.

Nineteen senators led by Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jack Reed (D-RI) are pressing the DOE to immediately release nearly $360 million for the...

Lawmakers introduced reforms to reclaim tariff authority long exercised by presidents, directly challenging assertions that Congress delegated broad...

The CLARITY Act stands out as potentially the most important financial legislation in a generation, addressing regulatory distortion in digital assets...

Rising demand from data centers and manufacturing is driving up electricity bills, but competitive retail markets could offer relief through greater...

Congress's top priority is advancing a budget reconciliation bill to fund DHS immigration agencies left out of earlier legislation, setting the stage for broader federal spending negotiations this session.

Congress should embed robust government-wide guardrails in the 2027 appropriations bills to halt unprecedented interference by the Trump Administration. This step would reinforce legislative oversight across federal agencies.

Prediction Markets Ban

• 🔥 Senate Unanimous Vote: The Senate voted unanimously to ban prediction markets for senators, staff, and chamber...

Senate Resolution 708 unanimously bans senators, staff, and officials from betting on Polymarket, Kalshi, and similar platforms, following a soldier's...

• No legislation: Zero bills or resolutions introduced, reported, or voted on in either chamber
• No nominations: Senate received none for executive...

The National Conference of State Legislatures organizes and staffs the Department of Energy's Nuclear Legislative Working Group, creating a direct...

Widespread agreement exists that permitting reform could speed approvals for energy, transmission, and infrastructure projects, but Senate talks have...

House appropriators will advance $27.1 billion for NNSA programs that modernize the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile while accelerating naval reactor...

Congress's $1 billion Puerto Rico Energy Resilience Fund, created in 2022, aims to advance renewable infrastructure and 100% clean energy goals yet is widening the archipelago's grid divide.

Bipartisan leaders on the House Agriculture Committee are urging President Trump to nominate four new CFTC commissioners before the CLARITY Act...

House conservatives are racing to pass a third reconciliation package by August recess, combining Pentagon funding boosts with anti-fraud reforms.

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State officials in Arizona, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania are taking fresh steps to examine growing utility earnings. This multi-state push could reshape returns for energy providers amid shifting regulatory pressures.