POLICY RUNDOWN REGULATORY ROLLBACKS COMING — Senate Republicans are looking at what final regulatory actions of the Biden administration they can quickly ax along party lines under the Congressional Review Act, Jordain reports. Thune said his conference has “10 or 15 potential CRAs that we’ve been reviewing and looking at.” TREASURY SPEAKS ON MUSK — Treasury said in a Tuesday letter to Sen. Ron Wyden that Musk’s team has “read-only” access to the system that controls trillions of dollars in federal payments, and that there have not been any suspensions or delays to disbursements approved by federal agencies, our Michael Stratford reports. The agency also confirmed for the first time that Musk ally Tom Krause, the CEO of Cloud Software Group, was coordinating the “operational efficiency assessment” of Treasury’s payment systems as a consultant to the agency. Treasury publicly spelled out the situation a day after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent talked to Republican lawmakers about Musk’s role behind closed doors, as Michael and Jasper Goodman scooped. GOP ZEROES IN ON "DEBANKING" — Hill Republicans are set to kick off a pair of hearings today that will put new scrutiny on allegations that financial firms have inappropriately cut off customers because they’re politically disfavored. The GOP-driven push to examine “debanking” has gained new steam on the right thanks to complaints from crypto industry players, Jasper writes. Republicans who have led the charge on the issue — Rep. Andy Barr and Sen. Kevin Cramer — are reintroducing “fair access” legislation that now has a better chance than ever of moving. SPOTTED — Mehmet Oz, Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, met with key senators Tuesday, including Sens. Susan Collins and Marsha Blackburn, our colleague Robert King reports. Best of POLITICO Pro and E&E:
THE BEST OF THE REST House GOP’s Plot to Win in 2026 — Deploy Donald Trump, from Juliegrace Brufke at the Daily Beast Republican Senators Say They’re Fine Handing Their Power to Elon Musk, by Haley Byrd Wilt, Shifra Dayak and Ben T.N. Mause at NOTUS CAPITOL HILL INFLUENCE THE IRA FIGHT RAMPS UP — A coalition of companies and trade associations will lobby lawmakers today to save Biden-era clean energy tax incentives that Republicans are considering clawing back in their search for spending cuts. Industry players including the Advanced Power Alliance, U.S. Green Building Council and the Electric Drive Transportation Association argue in a letter to House and Senate leadership that eliminating the incentives would run counter to Trump’s goals of reducing energy costs and staying ahead of Chinese competition. The coalition has over 100 meetings scheduled with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, including Republicans who have expressed support for the tax credits, our Catherine Morehouse writes in. Alex Attebery is now director of external affairs at Shift5. He most recently was comms director for the House Appropriations Committee. Margaux Ochoa is joining Federal Street Strategies. She most recently was associate director of legislative affairs for Vice President Kamala Harris and is a Nancy Pelosi and Jim Clyburn alum. Karly Hahn is joining Alamo Intelligence as director of accounts. She previously was deputy digital director at Congressional Leadership Fund for the last two cycles. Mimi Bair has joined the federal public affairs team at McGuireWoods Consulting in D.C. as a VP. She was formerly a senior legislative staffer for leaders in the House Budget and Ways and Means Committees. JOB BOARD Marcus Childress is now special counsel for investigations and senior adviser for the House Judiciary Democrats. He most recently was a partner at Jenner & Block and is a House Jan. 6 committee alum. The Senate Budget Committee Democrats are looking for a research assistant. Sen. Alex Padilla is hiring a policy director, operations manager and assistant to the staff director for the Rules Committee. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Former Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm … Jaime Harrison … Business Roundtable’s Michael Steel … Drew Godinich ... Kristina Baum … Armstrong Williams … NRSC’s Jillian Davidson … Bret Jacobson … Leadership Institute’s Matthew Hurtt … Susan Nelson … Ryan Velasco … Grant Carlisle ... Lisa Kohnke TRIVIA MONDAY’S ANSWER: Keith Cottis correctly answered there have been two father-son pairs that have become presidents, John Adams and John Quincy Adams and George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush. TODAY’S QUESTION, from Mia: What year did three brothers run for the same Senate seat and what was the last name of those brothers? The first person to correctly guess gets a mention in the next edition of Inside Congress. Send your answers to insidecongress@politico.com.
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