Pro-bitcoin Senator Cynthia Lummis has said that bipartisan work is going into the crypto Clarity Act but warned that some lawmakers are still making unreasonable demands.
The Republican, speaking to Fox Business Wednesday, said that she had been working with Democratic lawmakers into the night to get the bill over the line.
But, as Bitcoin Magazine's Mathew Di Salvo reports, she said that some Democrats were still dragging their feet on the bill. Lawmakers are pushing to get a vote on the crypto market structure bill before the Senate goes to recess.
JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Senator Cynthia Lummis says "I believe we will get a vote on the Clarity Act before August recess." 👀
— Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) August 5, 2026
"I don't think we'll be leaving on Friday, I think we'll go into the weekend."
Pass it! 🚀
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“The president agreed to an ethics provision that no president has ever agreed to,” Lummis said.
“He’s gone farther to protect ethics than any president in history — yet the Democrats do want more. Their proposal is in front of the president now, and we’ll see what he doe
