Who?
Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) — Banking, Housing & Urban Development Committee
LISTEN: Laslo & Lummis
Ask a Pol asks:
Curious how you think your digital asset bill is going?
Key Lummis:
“We got it out of committee, the stablecoin bill, this morning,” Sen. Cynthia Lummis exclusively told Ask a Pol*
Does that bode well for when it comes before the full Senate?
“I think it does,” Lummis said. “I do think it does.”
Do you think we’ll see enough support — 60+ senators out of 100 — to overcome a filibuster?
“I do,” Lummis said. “But I think we’ll also continue to work with a few Democrats on the manager’s amendment.”
*Background: This interview took place last Thursday, right before senators overcame their impasse, avoided a government shutdown and then gave themselves this week off...
ICYMI — Stablecoin bill passes Banking Committee
Caught our ear:
“The partisan discussion was, you know, tough. Arduous,” Lummis told us. “But on the final vote we got a pretty clear majority.”
Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), slightly edited for clarity.
TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Cynthia Lummis
SCENE: Sen. Cynthia Lummis is leaving a private lunch for Republican senators just off the Senate floor on the 2nd floor of the US Capitol when Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo catches her as she heads down a flight of stairs.
Earlier, Laslo spotted a name placard for Lummis in a rare hearing taking place on the 1st floor of the Capitol — in a room directly underneath the Senate chamber — so Ask a Pol proceeds to play escort to the senator while also bouncing crypto questions off her…
Matt Laslo: “Curious — are you’re going down to this meeting?”
CL: “Yeah, I’ve got an EPW [Environment and Public Works Committee] meeting right now.”
ML: “I was curious how you think your digital asset bill is going?”
CL: “Well, we got it out of committee, the stablecoin bill…”
ML: “Yeah.”
CL: “…this morning.”
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CL: “With 18 ‘yes’ votes. So we picked up some Democrats on the final vote.”
ML: “Did that surprise you? Because it was really partisan up until…?”
CL: “Yeah. The partisan discussion was, you know, tough. Arduous.”
ML: “Yeah?”
Lummis aide speaking to himself as he searches for correct room…
Lummis aide: “Capitol 120.”
CL: “But on the final vote we got a pretty clear majority.”
Lummis slightly turns to her aide.
CL: “We’re going this way?”
We run into a committee aide.
EPW aide: “Yes. This room right here.”
EPW aide points senator to correct hearing room.
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ML: “And do you — does that bode well for the floor?”
CL: “I think it does. I do think it does.”
ML: “Do you think we’ll see over 60?”*
*60+ US senators = filibuster-proof majority
CL: “I do, but I think we’ll also continue to work with a few Democrats on the manager’s amendment.”
The door to the EPW meeting — which is underway — is open, so Laslo whispers.
ML: “Thank you ma’am.”
Lummis enters hearing.
Nicolae Viorel Butler contributed to this report.
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