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Story: Senate Sets September 15 Cloture Vote on H.R. 3633 Crypto Market Bill

By Evie Vavasseur

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What H.R. 3633 Actually Does. The bill itself is pretty sweeping. H.R. 3633 lays out a regulatory framework for digital…

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How the Bill Got Here. The House passed H.R. 3633 with a 294-134 vote on July 17, 2025.

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The 60-Vote Problem. Here's where it gets murky. Sixty votes is a genuinely hard number to hit in a divided Senate.

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The U.S. Senate is lining up a procedural vote on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act — and the crypto industry is watching closely. A cloture motion on H.R.

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Cloture isn't a final passage vote. It's the procedural gate that requires 60 senators — three-fifths of a fully seated chamber — to agree to limit debate and move legislation…

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The bill itself is pretty sweeping. H.R. 3633 lays out a regulatory framework for digital commodities, carving up jurisdiction between the Commodity Futures Trading Commission…

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Former U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry flagged the September 15 scheduling on social media, calling it an important step for the legislation.

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The House passed H.R. 3633 with a 294-134 vote on July 17, 2025. That's a solid margin, bipartisan enough to signal real momentum.

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That's a lot of committee approvals. It doesn't guarantee 60 floor votes, but it's not nothing.

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Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse weighed in on the broader momentum, saying U.S. crypto regulation seems to be hitting a turning point.

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Related: CLARITY Act Vote Pushed to September as 60-Vote Hurdle Looms for Crypto Bill

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And that context matters. Crypto market structure legislation has stalled repeatedly over the past several years — jurisdictional fights between the CFTC and SEC, partisan…

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There's also the procedural wildcard. Senate leaders can pull cloture motions, refile them, or wrap them into larger legislative packages. So September 15 at 2:15 p.m.

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What's clear is that supporters are pushing hard. The Senate Banking Committee's 15-9 vote in May wasn't unanimous, but it was decisive enough.

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Related: Senate Clarity Act Vote Pushed Past August Recess by Thune

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