Senate delays Clarity Act vote until after August recess, Thune confirms
Quick TakeSenate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) confirmed with The Block that the Senate is delaying a vote on the Clarity Act until lawmakers return from their August recess.“Were getting that queued up first thing when we come back,” said Thune. The U.S. Senate is delaying a vote on the Clarity Act, a landmark crypto market structure bill, until lawmakers return from their August recess next month. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) confirmed with The Block late Thursday that the Senate is pushing back a procedural vote for the Clarity Act until September. “Well, the Dems are insistent on no Clarity vote. Anyway, I worked with sponsors of the bill,” Thune said. “Senator [Cynthia Lummis] was great, and were getting that queued up first thing when we come back.” The Senate is set to leave on a month-long recess starting on Friday and will be back in Washington in mid-September for a few weeks. Attention is likely to be focused on, and will increasingly shift, to elections in November — leaving the few weeks in September pivotal to passing crypto legislation. A source familiar with the matter said Senate Democrats were reluctant to take the vote due to its potential political implications ahead of