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Trump’s Memecoin, Crypto Stake Make Legislating ‘More Complicated’: Rep. French Hill
U.S. President Donald Trump’s crypto ventures, including the launch of his TRUMP memecoin in January, have complicated bipartisan efforts to get stablecoin legislation passed, Rep. French Hill, a lawmaker at the center of the industry’s crypto efforts in Washington, said Wednesday at Consensus 2025 in Toronto.
However, Hill — chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, which recently released a discussion draft of a crypto market structure bill — said that there is still a strong bipartisan consensus around the need for crypto legislation, despite Democrats’ growing frustration with the potential conflicts of interest and the opacity of Trump’s personal crypto investments.
“Despite the politics around the Trump memecoin and crypto investments that has definitely made our work more complicated, I still argue that behind the scenes, you’ve got constructive members and both sides of the Capitol and in both political parties working to find consensus,” Hill said in his pre-taped interview with CoinDesk.
The bipartisan consensus isn’t limited to the need for stablecoin regulations in the U.S., Hill said, adding that lawmakers on both sides of the aisle also agree on the need for a market structure bill.
“I don’t want to use too trite a cliche as peanut butter and jelly, but these bills work together in the sense that if you have a stablecoin, where will you use it? How will it be used as an on-ramp or off-ramp to other digital asset activities? And that’s why having both the bills is critical,” Hill said.
At the White House’s Digital Assets Summit in March, Trump said he wanted Congress to have both a stablecoin bill and a market structure bill on his desk before the month-long August recess.
“I believe that’s doable,” Hill said. “We’re on track. We just have to keep at it and keep at it hard, and we’ll try to hit President Trump’s deadline.”
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‘The law was violated’: Speaker Johnson floats possible expulsion for Democrats who stormed ICE facility
House Speaker Mike Johnson said the three New Jersey Democrats who stormed the ICE facility in Newark last Friday may face disciplinary action.
Speaker Johnson said the members of Congress who assaulted ICE agents at the Delaney Hall center may face expulsion from Congress.
“Look, there’s three possible disciplinary actions that Congress – that the House can take. You can censure a member and that probably does seem appropriate here. You can kick them off committees… that’s a new tradition adopted by the Democrats or you can expel someone from Congress,” Johnson said.
Speaker Johnson pointed out that expulsion will be a challenge since it requires a two-thirds vote.
“We are looking at what is appropriate,” Johnson said. “I think it’s pretty clear that the law was violated.”
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Speaker Johnson says Democrats who stormed a NJ ICE facility and assaulted officers may face disciplinary action:
“There’s three disciplinary actions that Congress can take…”
“You can censure a member.. seems appropriate here…”
“Can kick them off committees…”
“And you… pic.twitter.com/96B1551Pxa
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) May 14, 2025
Democrat Reps. LaMonica McIver, Bonnie Watson Coleman and Rob Menendez were involved in the violent altercation at the ICE detention facility last week.
ICE bodycam footage showed Democrat Rep. LaMonica McIver verbally abusing and physically assaulting federal agents at a detention facility in Newark.
Democrat Rep. LaMonica McIver (woman in the red jacket) physically attacked ICE agents at Delaney Hall detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, on Friday.
A Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman on Saturday said that members of Congress bodyslammed a female ICE agent.
“I touch whoever I want motherf*cker!” McIver shouted.
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BREAKING: I have obtained exclusive ICE officer body cam footage clearly showing Democrat Rep. LaMonica McIver verbally and physically assaulting federal agents in New Jersey after illegally entering an ICE detention facility.
In the video you can see indisputable evidence of… pic.twitter.com/msAQBz23oJ
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) May 10, 2025
DHS Chief Kristi Noem on Tuesday evening said the New Jersey Democrat lawmakers involved in the violent altercation at the Newark ICE facility last Friday committed felonies.
Alina Habba, the US Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced her office has launched a federal investigation into the violent altercation between Congressional Democrats and ICE agents at the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark on Friday.
[Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on The Gateway Pundit.com]
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