MIKE BLOOMBERG gave $10M KATHRYN MURDOCH gave $750K

It’s not just you. The crypto industry’s campaign spending in 2024 really is unlike anything we’ve seen in modern politics. But how unprecedented is it? Brendan Pedersen breaks it down: punchbowl.news/article/financ…

In the span of one election cycle, crypto's corporate campaign contributions now account for nearly $1 out of every $6 spent going back to 2010 -- 15% of the total of corporate campaign contributions since the Citizens United decision, according to a tally from Public Citizen

It is with deep sadness that we announce that Bill Pascrell Jr., our beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed away this morning. As our United States Representative, Bill fought to his last breath to return to the job he cherished and to the people he loved. Bill lived

NEW — George Helmy, the incoming senator to replace Sen. Bob Menendez, is expected to assume *all* of Menendez’s committee assignments: Foreign Relations, Finance & Banking. Very rare for a freshman to get these committees, but Helmy will only be in office for a few months.

Convicted FTX executive Ryan Salame has filed a document in his case alleging that the US government has reneged on their (verbal) promise not to pursue campaign finance charges against his partner, Michelle Bond.

George Helmy is poised to fill the committee seats left open by former Sen. Bob Menendez, including both the Senate Banking and Finance committees. More from Brendan Pedersen, Andrew Desiderio and Laura Weiss: punchbowl.news/article/senate…

Rep. David Schweikert tells Laura Weiss what his biggest priority in the upcoming tax battle for his district is in Punchbowl News' THE VAULT. punchbowl.news/article/financ…

Eugene the Cat, Chair of This Apartment, says "the time has come" to give lots of pets, scritches and head rubs Eugene signaled earlier this summer that this where The Apartment was going, but this is the clearest sign yet that The Cat is committed to this course

From THE VAULT: Sen. Elizabeth Warren on the Fed and 2025 tax fight, workloads in a post-Chevron world, GOP lawmakers want more banks, prepping for a fraught fall with the Fed and more. Laura Weiss and Brendan Pedersen in this week's Lookahead: punchbowl.news/archive/82524-…

There’s the financial policy you hear a lot about, and then there’s the financial policy that’s been simmering in the background. But which one is that? Brendan Pedersen with the breakdown: punchbowl.news/article/financ…

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.Punchbowl News AM today - House & Senate Democrats are bashing Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan for a CR until March, raising new questions over gov’t funding - News: News: CLF adds $16M to ad reservations - House preps more Israel bills as Gaza war drags on punchbowl.news/archive/9324-a…

"S&P futures are now less sensitive to CPI data than at any other point post-Covid, with the payrolls report now the bigger source of volatility" - BofA

Read a story Dave Clarke calls "a fine piece of American journalism," and definitely not because it sprung out of his own frenzied FOIAing !!

The latest from The Vault FOIA initiative. Brendan Pedersen Laura Weiss

From Punchbowl News AM: I talked with Rosa DeLauro about Harris' proposal to expand the family benefit, Vance's CTC pitch & how Dems should run on the program before the election Here's more from DeLauro, a long-time CTC advocate for Dems: punchbowl.news/article/vault/…

Rep. Andy Barr (R-Ky.) blasts several international financial bodies, including Basel standards committee and the Network for Greening the Financial System, for refusing to testify at a subcommittee hearing next week on global governance.