Longest House vote in history opens contentious Crypto Week on Capitol Hill — what’s next?
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Why did a routine house vote on crypto bills stretch over nine hours, and what does it reveal about internal Republican politics? Summary Instead of an hour, the vote took over nine hours, because of internal disagreement within the Republican Conservative Republicans, particularly from the Freedom Caucus, opposed unclear language in the GENIUS Act that they feared could allow the Federal Reserve to issue a digital dollar. Trump brokered a compromise by proposing to include anti-CBDC language in a separate bill, helping shift Republican holdouts and allowing the vote to pass. The legislation includes the GENIUS Act (stablecoin regulation), the Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act (clarifying agency roles), and the Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act (banning a public digital dollar). The House launched Crypto Week, signaling a new urgency in Congress to address digital asset regulation, with Trump’s support and internal GOP dynamics playing key roles. House sets record in crypto showdown On Jul. 16, the U.S. House of Representatives recorded the longest vote in its modern history. A procedural step that typically takes less than an hour remained open for more than nine, not due to Democratic opposition, but because of internal disagreement within the Republican Party. The vote was meant to initiate debate on three proposed crypto-related bills. A group of Republican lawmakers declined to support the motion, triggering a standoff that brought proceedings to a standstill. The motion, known as a rule vote, sets the terms for legislative debate. These are usually resolved along party lines with little delay. In this case, conservative Republicans withheld support over concerns about how the bills addressed central bank digital currencies. With Democrats uniformly opposed and several Republicans holding out, the vote remained unresolved for most of the day. House leaders kept the tally open in hopes of persuading dissenting members to…
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