Lummis mounts late push to advance the Clarity Act ahead of recess
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Sen. Lummis is pushing for a near-term Senate vote on the Clarity Act, a US digital-asset market structure bill, ahead of recess. While supporters argue it strengthens consumer protections and enforcement, Senate Democrats are signaling they may block cloture absent further changes on ethics and illicit finance, and the White House has not endorsed the compromise. The next 72 hours raise headline-driven regulatory risk for crypto.
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Sen. Cynthia Lummis (@SenLummis) spent Tuesday pressing colleagues and stakeholders on every front to line up support for the Clarity Act, echoing Sen. Bill Hagerty's warning that the U.S. can't afford to lag in digital assets and boosting Sen. Jon Husted's demand to "stop dragging our feet" and bring the bill to a vote.
Lummis argues the legislation would bolster consumer protections, equip law enforcement, and include what she describes as a historic ethics agreement spanning the President, the Vice President, Congress, and the judiciary.
Opposition remains firm. Punchbowl reports Senate Democrats plan to block cloture unless there's additional progress on ethics and illicit-finance provisions. The White House has not yet responded to the compromise rewrite.
With the Senate set to begin recess Friday, the next 72 hours are positioned as pivotal for whether the crypto market-structure bill advances now or slips to September.
