The CLARITY Act was not included on the U.S. Senate’s public agenda for Monday, narrowing the time available to move the bill before recess. The chamber is currently scheduled only to hold a procedural vote on H.R.6500, a continuing resolution, according to the agenda cited in the report.
Under Senate rules, a standard cloture filing requires signatures from at least 16 senators. If senators were to file for cloture on Wednesday, Aug. 5, the earliest related vote could take place on Friday, Aug. 7. Even then, that vote would address only whether to end debate on the motion to proceed to the bill, not final passage of the CLARITY Act itself.
If cloture were invoked, the Senate would still need to spend as much as 30 hours on debate over the motion to proceed, then formally take up the bill, and it could face another cloture step later in the process. Based on that timeline, the normal path may not be completed before the recess. The update was reported by Cryptoslate and carried by Odaily.
The CLARITY Act was not listed on the U.S. Senate’s public agenda for Monday, leaving a narrow window of roughly 72 hours to advance the bill before recess.
Monday schedule does not include the bill
The Senate is currently set only to hold a procedural vote on H.R.6500, the continuing resolution, according to the public schedule cited in the report.
Cloture timeline leaves little room
Under Senate rules, a standard cloture filing requires at least 16 senators to sign the petition. If the Senate files for cloture on Wednesday, Aug. 5, the earliest related vote could come on Friday, Aug. 7.
That vote would cover only whether to end debate on the motion to proceed to the legislation. It would not amount to final passage of the CLARITY Act.
More steps would still be required
If cloture passes, the Senate would still need up to 30 hours of debate on the motion to proceed, then formally take up the bill. Another cloture process could also arise later.
On that timetable, the normal legislative process may not be completed before recess. The item was attributed to Cryptoslate in Odaily’s newsflash.
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