CLARITY Act Pulled From Senate Schedule as Lummis Alleges a Deliberate Kill and Odds Sink to 27%

The CLARITY Act is navigating a narrowing Senate window as ethics disputes, Democratic opposition, and DOJ objections keep driving passage odds lower toward an August recess deadline.

The CLARITY Act was removed from the Senate floor schedule before the August recess; lead sponsor Cynthia Lummis told colleagues that continued delay without a specific ask "amounts to a deliberate decision" to run out the clock and kill the bill, and Polymarket odds of 2026 passage fell to roughly 27%. Prosecutors' associations separately urged the White House to change the bill's developer protections — a proposal Trump's crypto adviser rejected. SEC Chair Atkins said the agency will write crypto rules through "Project Crypto" if Congress fails to act.