WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is expected to approve legislation Tuesday that would regulate a form of cryptocurrency known as stablecoins, the first of what is expected to be a wave of crypto legislation from Congress that the industry hopes will bolster its legitimacy and reassure consumers.

The Senate Committee on Finance has unveiled its amendments to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which was approved by the House of Representatives in May. It includes a proposal to "terminate" the IRS Direct File, as well as investigating whether that and the Free File program could be replaced.

Top Senate Republicans are running into some resistance from several key senators about the details of President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill,” potentially complicating plans to deliver that package by their own July 4 deadline.

A Senate tax package softens some blows imposed on renewables by a House version of the bill. But it still terminates many credits for clean power.

Senator Jerry Cirino proposes ending 90-year sales tax exemption for newspapers -- is it retaliation because of critical press coverage?

The bill — a generational transformation of Vermont’s education system — still requires a majority vote in the House.

Senate Republicans propose to cut trillions of dollars in taxes for households and businesses in their version of President Donald Trump’s signature economic package, a plan that comes at the expense of curbing health coverage for some low-income Americans and adding to US deficits.