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Senate Postpones CLARITY Act Vote Until September 2026
Thune said Democrats blocked a pre-recess CLARITY Act vote. The Senate returns Sept. 14; it needs 60 votes to clear a filibuster with GOP support uncertain.
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune postponed consideration of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act until September at the earliest, announcing the delay as lawmakers left Washington for the August recess.
Thune said Democrats remained ‘insistent on no Clarity vote’ in the current session. He emphasized the bill would become a primary focus when the Senate reconvenes Sept. 14, 2026.
One of the most significant regulatory proposals for the crypto sector, the bill would set a federal rulebook for digital assets and divide oversight between the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Both the Senate Banking Committee and the Agriculture Committee approved the measure independently. A floor vote has not happened. Earlier Senate delays cut the bill’s odds to 27%.
The main obstacle is a contentious ethics clause targeting President Trump. Financial disclosures showed Trump earned over $1 billion from cryptocurrency ventures in 2025.
Senator Cynthia Lummis negotiated ethics language that Trump accepted. Multiple Democrats and at least one Republican, Senator Thom Tillis, objected to the wording.
Tillis and Senator Ruben Gallego drafted an alternative ethics proposal and sent it to the White House in late July. No official response had been released.