{"id":76400,"date":"2026-08-05T09:10:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T09:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/democrats-move-to-block-clarity-act-due-to-stalled-ethics-talks\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T09:10:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T09:10:51","slug":"democrats-move-to-block-clarity-act-due-to-stalled-ethics-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/democrats-move-to-block-clarity-act-due-to-stalled-ethics-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Move to Block CLARITY Act Due to Stalled Ethics Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"@container mb-[25px] rounded-sm overflow-clip py-0.5 pr-0.5 pl-2.5 bg-success-100\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-m overflow-clip rounded-[6px] !bg-success-10 p-3 @[420px]:p-m\">\n<h2 class=\"m-0 flex items-center gap-s text-[19px] !text-[#1c1c1c] md:text-[20px]\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 10\" fill=\"none\" class=\"shrink-0 text-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M1 1.5h14\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><path d=\"M1 8.5h10\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><span>Key Takeaways<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"m-0 flex list-none flex-col gap-m pl-0\">\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Punchbowl News has reported that Democrats will block cloture, citing stalled White House ethics talks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Sen. Ruben Gallego said Republicans aren\u2019t engaging, while Sen. John Thune still wants a vote this week.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Polymarket traders have cut the Clarity Act\u2019s 2026 passage odds to just 23%.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>\u2018They Don\u2019t Want This to Happen\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Senate Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/punchbowl.news\/article\/vault\/dems-clarity-cloture-doomed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">intend to deny<\/a> cloture on the Clarity Act. The reason seems to be no visible progress from the White House on a bipartisan ethics deal that Democrats have made the price of their votes on the digital asset framework.<\/p>\n<p>Senators have already sent a bipartisan ethics text to the White House, but with no response, the procedural vote is set to fail. Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), who helped craft the ethics compromise alongside Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), did not hide his frustration, adding:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We are clearly here, trying to engage in a constructive manner. At this point, if they\u2019re not engaging, it\u2019s telling me that they don\u2019t want this to happen.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The ethics dispute has dogged the bill for weeks and Democrats want enforceable limits on federal officials profiting from digital assets while in office (language aimed squarely at President Trump\u2019s family crypto ventures). Subsequently, they have dismissed the provision in the current 616-page text as insufficient.<\/p>\n<h2>Thune Digs In as the Clock Runs<\/h2>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is still digging in on plans to hold a procedural vote before the chamber leaves town, but the mechanics are getting tight. Fox Business correspondent Eleanor Terrett reported that Thune did <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EleanorTerrett\/status\/2084822036950507563\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">not file cloture<\/a> on the motion to proceed Tuesday evening, pointing to procedural matters around the continuing resolution (though she noted that not having the votes \u201clikely also factored in\u201d).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_836919\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-836919\" style=\"width:775px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-836919\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image source: X<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Because Senate rules require <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EleanorTerrett\/status\/2084846217322758204\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an intervening day<\/a> between filing cloture and the initial vote, every day without a filing pushes the bill closer to the Friday recess with no path to passage. Republicans hold 53 seats, meaning roughly seven Democratic votes are needed to reach the 60-vote threshold and the bill currently has none.<\/p>\n<p>The pressure campaign from the bill\u2019s supporters has not let up. Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) urged Senate Democrats this week not to block the bill, calling it legislation that protects consumers and keeps the crypto industry in the U.S. Industry advocates have flooded Congress with more than <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/regulation-and-legal\/clarity-act-push-hits-1-million-with-7-days-before-senate-recess\/\">1 million constituent<\/a> contacts backing the framework.<\/p>\n<h2>Markets Cut the Odds<\/h2>\n<p>Crypto markets are already pricing in the dysfunction as Polymarket odds on the Clarity Act being signed into law in 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/market-updates\/btc-pushes-toward-64k-as-clarity-act-odds-slide-to-27\/\">slid from 27% to just 23%<\/a> this week, espeically after the Senate <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/regulation-and-legal\/senate-skips-clarity-act-vote-monday-five-days-left-on-clock\/\">skipped the bill<\/a> on Monday\u2019s agenda. Bitcoin, which bulls hoped would ride a regulatory breakthrough back above its highs, has instead spent the week chopping near $64,000.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-836920\" title=\"Democrats Move to Block CLARITY Act Due to Stalled Ethics Talks\" src=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/democrats-move-to-block-clarity-act-as-senate-ethics-talks-stall2_nwmk.jpg\" alt=\"Democrats Move to Block CLARITY Act Due to Stalled Ethics Talks\" width=\"1230\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/democrats-move-to-block-clarity-act-as-senate-ethics-talks-stall2_nwmk-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/democrats-move-to-block-clarity-act-as-senate-ethics-talks-stall2_nwmk-1024x529.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/democrats-move-to-block-clarity-act-as-senate-ethics-talks-stall2_nwmk-768x397.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/democrats-move-to-block-clarity-act-as-senate-ethics-talks-stall2_nwmk.jpg 1230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1230px) 100vw, 1230px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>If Thune files cloture on Wednesday, a vote could still happen before the Friday deadline; if the vote fails or never comes, the bill is parked until at least September, when the ethics standoff resumes with midterm politics bearing down.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/regulation-and-legal\/democrats-block-clarity-act-cloture\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) Key Takeaways Punchbowl News has reported that Democrats will block cloture, citing stalled White House ethics talks. Sen. Ruben Gallego said Republicans aren\u2019t engaging, while Sen. John Thune still wants a vote this week. Polymarket traders have cut the Clarity Act\u2019s 2026 passage odds to just 23%. \u2018They [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3947362404,"featured_media":76401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76400"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3947362404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}