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Senate schedules CLARITY Act floor vote for September after Thune files cloture

8/9/2026

The push to establish federal rules for crypto markets in the United States moved forward this week on procedural grounds.

Senate Majority Leader Thune filed cloture on the CLARITY Act, a bill aimed at setting the legal structure for digital asset markets, locking in a September date for a floor vote to advance it.

Negotiations over ethics and stablecoin provisions continue among lawmakers, keeping the bill's final text unsettled even as that date approaches.

What the cloture filing means Cloture is the Senate's mechanism for closing debate and forcing a vote.

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