Zachary Halaschak
@zhalaschak
Economics/business reporter @dcexaminer alum @urichmond — signal: zachhal.30 —Go birds 🦅
today we mourn one of the greatest to ever do it
Some House side eateries, including Rayburn and Dunkin, will start closing next week (July 24) for renovations for the new food options to start, per email forwarded to me from a House staffer. Others will close on August 8 during recess, like Longworth and Common Grounds.
Now: House passes ‘crypto week’ legislation after Republican revolt GENIUS Act (stablecoins): 308-122 CLARTY Act (market structure): 294-134 Anti-CBDC bill (banning CBDCs): 219-210 GENIUS heads to Trump's desk washingtonexaminer.com/policy/finance…
Breaking now — after more than nine hours, the House voted 217-212 to advance crypto week legislation after an hours-long impasse washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/347…
5+ hours after this vote started, Republicans announce there are no more votes expected on Wednesday. A second lost day this week. The House now has 5 days of legislative business scheduled between now and Labor Day.
Senate Republicans who fought for slower phaseouts of green energy tax credits are watching the enforcement of Trump’s latest EO to see if it will undo that progress Curtis: “We’re being thorough and looking into that” Murkowski: “Yes, it’s awful” deseret.com/politics/2025/…
it's done! Congrats to @dcexaminer congressional crew for all their hard work and sleepless nights ! @rachel_schilke @lauren_greennn @HaileyBullis1 @ramsberry1 @DISivak @SamanthaJoRoth @zhalaschak washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/346…
BREAKING: After over 24 hours of debate, negotiations, record-breaking votes and "magic minutes," the House has finally passed the "big beautiful bill." Massie and Fitzpatrick were the two GOP "no" votes. w/ @zhalaschak & @lauren_greennn washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/346…
BREAKING: After months of negotiations, the House passes the Big Beautiful Bill Act in a 218-214 vote Read more from me, @rachel_schilke, and @lauren_greennn washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/346…
As Jeffries says he's nearing the end of his record-breaking speech, well over a hundred House Democrats have filtered on to the floor to watch it end.
Wishing everyone a Big Beautiful Day until I get punched in the face
NOW: 11 Rs have not voted. Those are: Brecheen Bresnahan Burchett Burlison Cloud Harris Green (TN) Onder Perry Roy Valadao
Go for 27 hours so we know it’s real
This is what we call “Oh, we are gonna be here a while”
NEW from our Thune interview—How OBBB's narrow Senate passage offers window into how he'll navigate other high-stakes battles on horizon, w/@DISivak +more on Trump/Tillis—"None of us have any control or input into...what he’s going to say on social media" washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/34…
Rep. Eric Burlison is a "no" on the rule, per @zhalaschak
EXCLUSIVE w/ @ramsberry1: How Thune and Trump got behind ‘one big, beautiful bill’ washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/34…
AMAZING work from @ramsberry1 and @zhalaschak covering the Senate’s hours-long deliberation on the One Big Beautiful Bill Now it kicks back to the House to @lauren_greennn & myself, where there are over two dozen GOP holdouts on the legislation. July 4 deadline still the goal
After more than 26 hours, Trump’s 'big beautiful' tax bill clears Senate with Vance tiebreaker -- read all the details from @ramsberry1 and me after the marathon process here Now the bill heads to the House where it faces hurdles ahead washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/34…
After more than 26 hours, Trump’s 'big beautiful' tax bill clears Senate with Vance tiebreaker -- read all the details from @ramsberry1 and me after the marathon process here Now the bill heads to the House where it faces hurdles ahead washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/34…
