U.S. Stablecoin Bill Takes Big Step Despite Fight from Democrats, White House

In a contentious hearing Thursday that ended with a 34-16 vote to clear the legislation for wider consideration in the House of Representatives, the panel’s top Democrat, Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), said it was really McHenry who shut down the talks early after negotiations broke down the night before the hearing. The battle sullied what’s otherwise the high-water mark of stablecoin progress in Congress.