Eleanor Mueller
@Eleanor_Mueller
White House reporter @Semafor covering all things economy. Proud @POLITICO and @MerrillCollege alum. Let’s talk: emueller@semafor.com or Signal (link below).
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News: Another law enforcement group is putting its weight behind the latest draft of the Senate’s crypto bill amid a tussle over illicit finance bogging down efforts to bring the measure to the floor.
@MjrCitiesChiefs will send this letter this AM, I’m told:
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News: Schumer has sent the White House two names each for the SEC and CFTC, people familiar with the move tell me, following months of finger-pointing over the empty seats as part of Senate negotiations over the crypto bill.
The nominees' identities remain unclear: "Nobody wants any of these nominees to get flamed before they get a fair chance," one person told me.
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News: Cornyn tells me & @Jasper_Goodman he shares some of law enforcement & banks’ concerns over the latest crypto bill text and is “diving in … to see if they can be addressed.”
It’s “premature” to say whether he would vote against Clarity in its current form, he adds: “We’re just getting started.”
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Crypto skeptic Ben McKenzie, author of “Easy Money,” has been meeting with lawmakers ahead of Thursday’s crypto markup, I’m told.
He’ll host a screening of his documentary “Everyone is Lying To You For Money” tonight in the Capitol Visitor Center, per an invite shared with me.
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