CLARITY Act · US Senate · Democrats · White House · The Block
Majority Leader Thune files cloture on Clarity Act, setting up Sept. 15 Senate vote
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune filed cloture early Saturday on the motion to proceed to debate over the Clarity Act, giving the crypto market structure bill a path to the floor when lawmakers return from their August recess next month.
Key facts
- Galaxy Research cut its odds of the Clarity Act becoming law in 2026 from 50% to 30% last month, citing the shrinking Senate calendar
- Under an agreement reached by the Senate early Saturday reported by Crypto in America's Eleanor Terrett, the chamber will vote on cloture on the motion to proceed to the Clarity Act at 2:15 p.m
- The gallery lists a 5:30 p.m. cloture vote Monday on the Byrne nomination
- Byrne to be a federal district judge in Ohio and then on the motion to proceed to H.R. 3633, the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act
Summary
Thune (R-S.D.) filed the motion at 4:52 a.m. The gallery lists a 5:30 p.m. cloture vote Monday on the Byrne nomination. Invoking cloture would limit debate on the motion to proceed; it would not pass the bill or begin debate on the legislation itself. Thune told The Block late Thursday that the procedural vote was slipping to September, saying Democrats had insisted on no Clarity vote before the break.