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Crypto bills stall in US House as second vote drags past four hours

Jul. 16, 2025

Lawmakers struggle to overcome party divisions as defense funding becomes entangled with digital asset and anti-CBDC legislation.

Crypto bills stall on House floor as second vote drags past four hours

Key Takeaways

The House remains deadlocked on advancing a rule to debate defense funding and three major crypto bills.
Disagreements over anti-CBDC provisions threaten bipartisan support for the Clarity Act.

House lawmakers remained deadlocked on Wednesday afternoon in a procedural vote on H. Res. 580, which would set the terms for debating a legislative package including the fiscal 2026 defense appropriations bill and three major crypto-related measures — the Clarity Act, the GENIUS Act, and the Anti-CBDC bill.

The vote has stayed open for more than four hours since the House adopted a motion to reconsider the rule, following its Tuesday failure.

As of 5:50 p.m. ET, the count stood at 220 against and 209 in favor, with Republican leaders working to secure additional support from party holdouts.

The deadlock persists despite President Trump’s active push for the GENIUS Act’s passage, including hosting a closed-door meeting with House Republicans yesterday.

Internal GOP rift over anti-CBDC provisions

After meeting with Trump, some of the 12 Republicans changed their votes to support the measure, hoping for anti-CBDC provisions to be included in the Clarity Act, journalist Eleanor Terrett shared in a statement.

However, the Clarity Act’s authors — Reps. French Hill, Bryan Steil, and GT Thompson — have shown strong resistance to modifying the bill. They warn that including anti-CBDC language or merging it with GENIUS could jeopardize the bipartisan coalition supporting the Clarity Act.

“The agreement doesn’t seem to exist anymore,” Rep. Chip Roy told Punchbowl News.

GOP leaders are now considering an alternative plan to insert anti-CBDC provisions into the defense spending bill (NDAA), Terrett added.

If Republican leadership manages to flip several “nay” votes, the package could still move forward.

If not, it would represent a second failed attempt to advance federal crypto legislation in two days, despite increasing momentum from the industry and political support.

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