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Senate punts Clarity Act vote to September, leaving a three-week window before the midterms swallow the calendar
Senate Majority Leader John Thune told The Block the chamber will not take a procedural vote on the Clarity Act until lawmakers return from recess in mid-September.
Clarity Act vote slips to September as Senate leaves for recess
Senate Majority Leader John Thune says the Senate will not vote on the Clarity Act before its August recess, pushing the crypto market structure bill's procedural vote to mid-September.
The Clarity Act's last week before recess comes down to one paragraph on ethics
Senators Thom Tillis and Ruben Gallego sent fresh ethics language to the White House on July 30 as prediction-market odds on the Clarity Act passing by year-end fell to 26–37%, the lowest of 2026.
Senate votes unanimously against a Bankman-Fried pardon
The U.S. Senate passed a resolution by unanimous consent declaring that convicted FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried should receive no presidential pardon or commutation.
Clarity Act's odds slide back toward a coin flip as the calendar, not the crypto lobby, takes over
The Clarity Act cleared the Senate Banking Committee 15-9, but prediction-market odds of 2026 passage have fallen from a mid-May peak near 70% to about 48% as roughly 20 legislative days remain before the August recess.