Senate Whip Barrasso Becomes Latest Lawmaker to Support Crypto Clarity Act, But Time May Be Running Out 

Bitcoin Magazine Senate Whip Barrasso Becomes Latest Lawmaker to Support Crypto Clarity Act, But Time May Be Running Out  Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso is the latest lawmaker to call for action on the crypto Clarity Act, though recent developments show work on the bill may be slowing.  Speaking to the Senate Thursday, Barrasso reminded lawmakers that the U.S.

passed the first major digital asset bill last year, the Genius Act, and the same bipartisan work was necessary for the Clarity Act.  Lawmakers are rushing to get a vote on the Clarity Act before a five-week recess this week.

Some Republicans have criticized Democrats for dragging their feet with the bill and deliberately being pernickety.  JUST IN: Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso tells the Senate “its time for the Senate to build on [the GENIUS Act] by passing the Clarity Act.”"America is safer and stronger when we innovate" pic.twitter.com/LPG11vESle— Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) August 6, 2026 “It’s time for the Senate to build on [the Genius Act] by passing the Clarity Act,” Barrosso said.   Bipartisan work has gone into putting the bill together, and on Wednesday, Senator Thom Tillis reportedly said that the White House was reviewing the latest amendments to the bill.  But on Thursday, Punchbowl News Senior Reporter Brendan Pendersen posted on X that Tillis had said he hadn’t...