Senate Blocks CLARITY Act 49-50 With No Democratic Votes to Proceed
The Senate voted 49-50 on Tuesday afternoon against taking up the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, blocking the crypto market structure bill a day after Republicans released what they called its final text. Cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 3633 needed 60 votes under a unanimous consent agreement entered Aug. 8. Voting began at 2:18 p.m. and the result was announced at 3:00 p.m., according to the Senate Daily Press floor log. Senator Chris Coons did not vote. Republicans hold 53 seats. Four of them voted no: Susan Collins, Josh Hawley, Jerry Moran and Thom Tillis. That leaves 49 Republican yes votes, the full tally for the motion. No Democrat or independent voted to take the bill up. The House passed H.R. 3633 by 294-134 in July 2025. The Senate text that failed Tuesday was an amendment in the nature of a substitute to that bill. Tillis Preserves A Rerun Tillis voted no in order to make a motion to reconsider, the floor log states, and made the motion at 3:01 p.m. A senator who voted on the prevailing side can move to reconsider, which keeps a second cloture vote on the same motion available without a new filing. The Senate moved on to









