Crypto News Australia and TechCentral both report the Clarity Act failed cloture in the US Senate, but they give opposite raw vote counts.
Crypto News Australia and TechCentral both report the Clarity Act failed cloture in the US Senate, but they give opposite raw vote counts.
What all sources agree on
- The Clarity Act (H.R. 3633 / Digital Asset Market Clarity Act) failed to reach the 60-vote cloture threshold in the US Senate on September 15/16.
- Republicans Susan Collins, Josh Hawley, Jerry Moran and Thom Tillis joined Democrats in voting against advancing the bill.
- Tillis switched his vote or entered a motion to reconsider, preserving the ability to bring the bill back to the floor.
- The House had previously passed the Clarity Act.
- Senate Republicans released a revised text of the bill shortly before the vote in an effort to win over holdouts.
Where the reports disagree
1Raw vote tally on the cloture motion
The vote was 50-49 in favour.
The Senate voted 49-50 against taking up the bill.
What would settle it: The official Senate roll call record (Congress.gov / Senate.gov roll call vote for the September 15 cloture motion on H.R. 3633).
What to make of it
Treat the bill's failure and the four named Republican defectors as established; do not cite either specific vote count (50-49 or 49-50) until checked against the official Senate roll call.
Treat the bill's failure and the four named Republican defectors as established; do not cite either specific vote count (50-49 or 49-50) until checked against the official Senate roll call.
