Trump Agreed to Ethics Constraints. Democrats Still Want More on the Crypto Bill.
TLDR
- Senate Democrats sent a counterproposal to Republicans on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act late Monday
- The bill faces a critical procedural vote Tuesday requiring 60 Senate votes to advance
- Key Democrat concerns center on ethics provisions affecting government officials’ crypto business ties
- Republican Senator Cynthia Lummis says she has made 114 policy concessions and her “tank is empty”
- White House crypto adviser Patrick Witt said changes are down to “punctuation at this point”
Senate Democrats are pushing back on what Republicans called their final offer on major crypto market structure legislation, sending a counterproposal just hours before a key vote.
🇺🇸 UPDATE: Democrats REJECT the latest CLARITY Act draft over ethics concerns and are preparing a counterproposal.
Industry sources tell Eleanor Terrett they expect the counterproposal to address most, if not all, of the targeted changes Republicans made to the bill last night.… https://t.co/KtDGbjp6se
- Coin Bureau (@coinbureau) September 15, 2026
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