Seven Senate Democrats pledge renewed CLARITY Act talks after failed vote

  • Seven Senate Democrats renewed their commitment to pass the CLARITY Act after voting against cloture.
  • The Sept. 15 cloture motion received 49 votes, below the Senate's 60-vote threshold.
  • Republicans have not scheduled another vote, and the Democrats released no revised text or timetable.

Seven Senate Democrats said they remain committed to bipartisan work on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act after voting against a Sept. 15 cloture motion that failed with 49 votes, short of the 60 needed to advance Senate debate. Kirsten Gillibrand, Angela Alsobrooks, Cory Booker, Catherine Cortez Masto, Ruben Gallego, Mark Warner and Raphael Warnock opposed the procedural motion, despite later pledging to pursue passage. Senator Cynthia Lummis, the bill's lead sponsor, said after the failed vote that the effort was over. The Democratic group had used similar language in July while criticizing an earlier Republican draft over ethics and consumer-protection provisions. Disputes over banking concerns, stablecoin rewards, ethics, illicit-finance enforcement and state authority remain unresolved, and the senators have not offered new text or a timetable. Republicans have not scheduled another Senate vote.

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