CLARITY Act is finally headed for a 60-vote Senate showdown in September
Senate Majority Leader John Thune has formally started the process to force a vote on whether the Senate will take up the CLARITY Act, giving the stalled crypto market-structure bill an immediate path to the floor when lawmakers return in September. Thune filed cloture early Saturday on the motion to proceed to H.R.…
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