Opposition to the CLARITY Act remained broad ahead of a Sept. 15 Senate cloture vote on H.R. 3633, despite Republican revisions incorporating 126 Democrat-requested changes. Patrick Witt, executive director of the White House crypto council, said Republicans had accepted 95% of Democratic negotiators' demands and that President Donald Trump was willing to make further compromises on government ethics provisions. The legislation would establish a federal framework for digital-asset markets, dividing responsibility between the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Miles Jennings, a16z crypto's Head of Policy & General Counsel, urged senators to advance the measure, saying its custody, segregation, disclosure, conflict-of-interest and listing provisions would address weaknesses exposed by FTX's collapse. Witt said Senate passage was a political rather than policy calculation and argued the bill merited bipartisan backing. Democratic senators, state attorneys general, banking groups, developer advocates and tribal gaming representatives continued to oppose aspects of the measure, while negotiations remained unresolved over DeFi registration, Bank Secrecy Act obligations, stablecoin rewards, ethics and customer protections. Cloture requires 60 votes to begin Senate debate and would not constitute final passage.