Patrick Witt delivered @TheDemocrats most everything they asked for on CLARITY Act. Ethics provision empowering State AGs, watered down DeFi protections, circuit breaker on stablecoin yield/bank deposit flight. Now Democrats are moving the goalposts yet again. A mistake for the country and party. @SenLummis @patrickjwitt

Here's what drives me crazy about Washington. Everybody demands compromise. Then when compromise actually happens, everybody pretends it doesn't count. Is CLARITY perfect? No. Could the ethics language do more? Yes. Is it ten times better than the Wild West status quo? Obviously. Democrats improved this bill in meaningful ways. Republicans moved. The President moved. The crypto industry moved. Bank the win.

Look, I’m the last guy in America to carry water for Donald Trump on ethics. Everyone knows my record.  But he agreed to restrictions here. Democrats won real concessions across the bill. And some people still want to pretend nothing counts unless they get 100%. That is not legislating. Pass CLARITY

Clarity Act update; Not passing as per this week (Thursday 23 Jul) Based on publically available Intel. Republicans: 51 yes, 2 no Democrats: 2 yes, 45 no Required : 60 Votes Republicans (Likely Yes unless noted): John Thune (R-SD) - Yes Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) - Yes Kevin Cramer (R-ND) - Yes Bernie Moreno (R-OH) - Yes Tim Scott (R-SC) - Yes All other Republicans (48 total) - Yes Republican Likely No: Josh Hawley (R-MO) - Likely No Rand Paul (R-KY) - Likely No Democrats (Public Yes - Conditional): Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) - Yes (conditional) Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) - Yes (conditional, recent criticism) Democrats (Public No / Opposition): Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) - No Cory Booker (D-NJ) - No John Hickenlooper (D-CO) - No Mark Warner (D-VA) - No Raphael Warnock (D-GA) - No Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) - No Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) - No Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) - No Chris Murphy (D-CT) - No Jeff Merkley (D-OR) - No Jack Reed (D-RI) - No All other Democrats (~35 total) - No / Leaning No Tally Summary: 53 Yes, 47 No (short of 60)