A Top White House Priority With a Ticking Clock The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, widely known as the CLARITY Act, is edging closer to a Senate floor vote as the White House steps up its
The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, widely known as the CLARITY Act, is edging closer to a Senate floor vote as the White House steps up its push for passage before lawmakers leave Washington for the August recess. Rep. William Timmons framed the stakes plainly: "This is one of the president's top priorities, and it's a bipartisan issue in Congress."
President Trump has repeatedly urged lawmakers to get the bill across the finish line, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune has pledged a floor vote before Congress breaks for its summer recess, scheduled to begin around August 7. With the Senate back in session as of July 13, lawmakers are working against a roughly 25-day window to deliver what supporters call the most comprehensive federal crypto market structure framework ever to clear one chamber of Congress.
The bill, formally H.R. 3633, passed the House of Representatives on July 17, 2025, with bipartisan support. It would divide digital asset oversight between the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, granting the CFTC exclusive jurisdiction over digital commodity spot markets while maintaining SEC authority over investment contract assets.
Despite the momentum, the bill faces a significant obstacle: an unresolved ethics provision. Democrats are pressing for language that would bar senior government officials, including the president, from holding personal crypto business interests while in office. The sticking point is directly tied to Trump's own financial disclosures, which show he earned more than $1 billion from crypto-related activity in 2025, primarily from the $TRUMP memecoin and World Liberty Financial.
Trump met with a group of Republican senators at the White House this week to work through the impasse, the most direct executive-branch engagement the bill has received in nearly a year of Senate deliberation. Senator Cynthia Lummis said a revised draft will be introduced within days, with a floor vote expected as early as next week.
The bill needs 60 votes to clear the Senate's filibuster threshold, meaning Republicans must attract at least seven Democrats. Galaxy Digital's head of research has cut his odds estimate for passage in 2026 to roughly 50-50, citing the absence of a unified Banking and Agriculture committee text and no confirmed floor schedule. Prediction markets on Polymarket place the probability of the bill becoming law in 2026 at around 39 percent.
Timmons acknowledged possible delays but remained confident. Analysts warn that if the Senate misses the August window, midterm election campaigning will dominate the calendar through the autumn, making the next realistic opportunity 2027.
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