CLARITY Act Made 126 Concessions and Still Couldn't Get 60 Votes
Key TakeawaysCLARITY Act cloture failed Sept. 15 after the opposition reached 41 votes.Mitch McConnell returned to Washington and voted to advance H.R. 3633.CLARITY Act sponsors offered 126 changes, but Democrats still balked. The CLARITY Act Finally Reached the Senate Floor After more than a year of negotiations, hundreds of pages of legislative text, and a weekend scramble to keep the deal alive, the CLARITY Act finally got its Senate moment Tuesday afternoon. It didnt last long. At approximately 2:15 p.m. ET, senators voted on cloture for the motion to proceed to H.R. 3633. This wasnt the final passage. It was essentially permission to open the door and begin debating the bill, and Senate rules required 60 votes to do it. Once the unofficial floor tally reached 41 nays, however, the arithmetic was brutal. Even if every remaining senator voted yes, the ceiling was 59. Game over. Discover more Merchant Services & Payment Systems Digital Currencies News McConnell Returned and Voted to Advance It One of the more striking votes came from Mitch McConnell. The 84-year-old Kentucky Republican returned to the Senate this week after roughly three months away following a June fall, hospitalization and recovery. McConnell voted to advance the Crypto CLARITY Act, giving Republicans another vote toward the 60 needed









