CLARITY Act faces Wednesday deadline for Friday vote

The CLARITY Act was absent from the U.S. Senate’s published schedule for Monday, Aug. 3, leaving lawmakers with only days to begin floor proceedings before the chamber’s summer break. Summary Monday’s Senate schedule lists only a spending vote, with no CLARITY Act floor action scheduled. Wednesday is the ordinary filing deadline for a possible Friday vote on proceeding to CLARITY. Seven Democratic votes remain crucial as ethics disputes and election pressure complicate bipartisan negotiations further. The official Monday schedule lists a 5:30 p.m. vote on cloture for the motion to proceed to H.R. 6500, a vehicle for a continuing resolution. It includes no scheduled action on H.R. 3633, the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act. The Senate’s cloture ledger, updated through July 31, also records the July 30 filing for H.R. 6500 but no CLARITY Act petition. The absence does not formally block the crypto market-structure legislation. However, it leaves Senate leaders without a publicly confirmed vehicle or procedural timetable before the Senate begins its tentative state work period on Aug. 10. That break is scheduled to run through Sept. 11. CLARITY Act Absent from Monday’s Senate Schedule...