Bessent Urges CLARITY Act Vote; Lummis Quote Disputed
CoinTurk News EN and CoinGape agree Bessent pushed the Senate toward a Sept. 15 cloture vote but attribute different rival-nation warnings to Senator Lummis.
CoinTurk News EN and CoinGape agree Bessent pushed the Senate toward a Sept. 15 cloture vote but attribute different rival-nation warnings to Senator Lummis.
What all sources agree on
- Bessent posted on X on Sept. 9 urging the Senate to advance the CLARITY Act.
- The Senate is set to hold a cloture vote on the motion to proceed on Sept. 15.
- The motion requires 60 votes to advance.
- At least seven Democrats would need to support the bill given Republicans’ 53 seats.
Where the reports disagree
1What rival nations Senator Lummis warned would gain from US inaction
Senator Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, a leading figure in Congressional cryptocurrency policy, argued that failure to pass comprehensive market structure legislation could allow China to overtake the US in digital financial leadership.
She also warned that failure would cede digital-asset rulemaking to Singapore and the UAE.
What would settle it: Senator Lummis’s own public statement, press release, or floor remarks from the relevant date.
What to make of it
Treat Bessent’s Sept. 9 push and the Sept. 15 cloture-vote mechanics as established across all four reports; the specific countries Lummis named as beneficiaries of US inaction is unresolved and differs by outlet.
Treat Bessent’s Sept. 9 push and the Sept. 15 cloture-vote mechanics as established across all four reports; the specific countries Lummis named as beneficiaries of US inaction is unresolved and differs by outlet.
Original source: AltcoinGordon
Syndicated coverage. Originally reported by altcoingordon.com.
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