The sticking point was ethics language on officials' crypto holdings rather than the market-structure provisions themselves. The failure left the bill stalled rather than formally dead, with any revival pushed past the November 2026 midterm elections.
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The CLARITY Act stalls on the Senate floor
A motion to begin debate on the market-structure bill failed 49 to 50, short of the 60 votes cloture requires.
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