A colossal crypto regulatory package backed by President Donald Trump stumbled in the Senate, and another shot is unlikely. The Clarity Act failed to move through a key procedural hurdle on Tuesday, serving proponents of the bill, including major players in the cryptocurrency industry and the White House, a major blow in their pursuit of folding the novel currency into the nation’s web of financial regulations. Democrats dealt the bill a mortal blow, but a handful of Republicans with outstanding concerns were not assuaged, either.
And with little time left on the Senate’s calendar and major bills piling up ahead of the midterm elections, the bill’s biggest backers believed that the Clarity Act might end up back on the shelf. REPUBLICANS TARGET TRUMP'S CRYPTO EMPIRE WITH NEW PLAN, DEMS SAY IT FALLS SHORT "I think we're done. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., the bill’s primary architect, said.
"Because we've been working on this bill for over a year. And we've given them over 120 of their requests and that’s enough." When asked if the bill would come back to the floor, Lummis said, "Nope." A midnight hour update was made to the bill to try and pull anyone on the fence off to at least let the package move forward. DEMOCRATS HAND TRUMP ONE POWER THEY SPENT YEARS FIGHTING "I haven't seen the final bill yet, but what I've seen is bad," Sen.
Cory Booker, D-N.J., told Fox News Digital before the vote. The issues with the package were many and varying among Democrats and Republicans. Several Senate Democrats were not satisfied with the ethics language baked into the Clarity Act that sought to slow Trump’s family’s rapidly growing crypto empire.
That’s because Trump’s income between 2024 and 2025 erupted by about 250% — from just over $620 million to about $2.2 billion. And much of that increase is attributed to his various holdings and ventures in crypto, which are run by his sons, Don Jr. and Eric, according to the president’s financial disclosure forms reviewed by Fox News Digital. Others didn’t believe that the language dealing with foreign money laundering had enough teeth.
"I have not seen the kind of engagement yet from the Republican side when it comes to countering terrorist financing and cartel financing. That would get me to a yes," Sen. I didn't get on board with the GENIUS Act till the very last vote." TRUMP'S $5,000 DIVIDEND CHECKS WOULD COME WITH A MAJOR CATCH UNDER GOP SENATOR'S PLAN Still, some lawmakers argued they should at least move forward with the bill to tweak it as needed.
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