Senate Leaves for Recess Without a CLARITY Act Vote, Pushing Crypto Market-Structure Bill to September

The Senate broke for its August recess without voting on the CLARITY Act, after Majority Leader Thune declined to file the cloture motion required to open a floor vote, per Politico and CoinDesk — pushing the first procedural vote to September 15 at the earliest. The unresolved obstacle remains an ethics provision targeting officials' crypto holdings, including a Tillis-Gallego counteroffer, unanswered by the White House, that would force divestment and add state-level enforcement. Polymarket puts 2026 enactment near 15%, down from over 70% in May.