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Senate is deferring a vote on the CLARITY Act until September, Senate Majority Leader John Thune reportedly confirmed.
Thune described the chamber's move in a single word: "punting." What the report says Thune, who leads the Senate Republican majority, reportedly acknowledged the postponement without naming a specific date within September for the rescheduled vote.
The report attributed the remarks directly to him but offered no detail on what prompted the delay or what conditions, if any, the majority leader attached to bringing the bill back to the floor.
The CLARITY Act's status heading into the fall session was not addressed in the reporting. --- Note to editor: The source summary is thin.
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