Senator Cynthia Lummis took the stage at the SALT Conference in Jackson Hole and reaffirmed what the crypto industry already knew.
The CLARITY Act is scheduled for a Senate cloture vote on September 15 at 2 p.m. Cointelegraph reported the remarks on X with a video of Lummis speaking at the event.
The date and time had already been confirmed by Senator Bernie Moreno and secured by Senate Majority Leader John Thune before the August recess. Lummis put it on record at one of the year’s most high-profile crypto gatherings.
🚨 BREAKING: Senator Cynthia Lummis says the CLARITY Act is scheduled for a Senate vote on Sept. 15 at 2 p.m., speaking at @SALTConference. pic.twitter.com/8k5yUgB0fF
— Cointelegraph (@Cointelegraph) August 18, 2026
Lummis’s Comments on the CLARITY Act
Lummis described how the scheduling came together. “I had a fit and fell in it,” she said, “and Senator Thune was kind enough to actually schedule the bill for September 15th at 2 p.m. no less.” She emphasized that having a specific time, not just a date, matters for forcing lawmakers to commit. “You have to force them to vote to get them to be serious about it,” she said.
The remarks came from the same event where Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse also appeared. The Wyoming Blockchain Symposium drew roughly 500 participants, including policymakers and institutional investors.
Securing the Votes
The CLARITY Act is a crypto market structure legislation bill that cleared the House with strong bipartisan support. In the Senate, the bill requires 60 votes to advance past the cloture threshold. Senator Bernie Moreno has confirmed that all 53 Senate Republicans are committed to voting yes. That leaves a 7-vote gap that must come from Democrats.
Reports have indicated that between 7 and 10 Democratic senators are prepared to support the bill. Senate Majority Leader John Thune filed cloture before the August recess, securing the bill its floor time. September 15 is locked in.
Mixed Responses From the Community
The response from the crypto community was mixed. Some expressed frustration, feeling the September 15 date had already been widely reported and that Lummis presenting it as a milestone added little new information. One observer noted it is the easiest kind of headline to make and the easiest to slip on.
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Another pointed out that the vote slated for September 15 is a cloture vote to proceed, not the final vote on the bill. He thereby questioned when the actual vote on the CLARITY Act would happen.
Watching September 15
The vote is confirmed. Whether it passes depends on those Democratic votes, but many Democrats are still opposed. The industry has the date, the time, and now a public reaffirmation from one of the bill’s most prominent advocates.
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