Nathan Dean’s analysis of the likelihood of a government shutdown and potential passage of a crypto bill - with implications for Coinbase, Circle and others - leads this episode of Bloomberg Intelligence's Votes and Verdicts podcast. He also discussed a proposed bill to impose sanctions on Russia and a bill to ease regulations for banks like Truist, Zions, PNC, Regions Financial and others. Matt Schettenhelm analyzed the FCC's Aug. 6 vote to scrap the 39% US national TV-ownership cap and why Nexstar, Sinclair, Scripps and Gray may benefit. Andrew Silverman discussed federal film-production tax credits that would cut annual taxes for Paramount Skydance, Disney, Netflix and Warner Bros. He also explained why tax policy matters for AI infrastructure and hyperscalers like Alphabet, Amazon.com, Meta and Microsoft.