The US House of Representative was stuck with a vote procedure to be able to conduct a final poll in the basic crypto law Wednesday, after a preceding procedure was passed.
The house voted earlier Wednesday to re -consider the debate in a motion to set how the room advanced to the bills after the policies of motion saw a hiccup Tuesday when the House Freedom Caucus voted against the debate and a final vote. While the policies of motion are procedure, most lawmakers will have to vote in favor of the chamber may vote on actual bills.
Wednesday’s vote should mean Clarity, Genius Act and Anti-CBDC Surveillance Act law will all receive the final vote, which will potentially begin as soon as possible. The first method had passed 217-215, but the second remained open as a press time, more than 100 minutes after it started. A group of Republicans did not vote in a 2.5 hour mark, further forcing the passage of the law. Up to 3:55 pm et, there are 210 yes votes at 218 Nos, meaning Republicans will have to flip at least four of the “nays” to maintain the transfer of law.
The issue lies in the Stablecoin Bill. While the House of Representative has its own Stablecoin Bill, the Stable Act, it votes on the Senate version, the Genius Act.
Members of the House Freedom Caucus have issued a lack of input on the Stablecoin Bill, which voted against motion on Tuesday. On Tuesday night, US President Donald Trump said he spoke to 11 of the lawmakers and were convinced to vote for the movement of the procedure.
Politico reported that the deal he made was to combine the Anti-CBDC bill along with The Clarity Act, the home market structure bill. Someone familiar with the situation has told CoinDesk that doing so is likely to lose support from some Democrats.
The votes are scheduled as part of Congress’ “Crypto Week”, and the major bills – the structure of the Stablecoin market and law – is expected to receive bipartisan support. While the market structure bill will have to go to the Senate if it is passed, the Stablecoin Bill will go to Trump’s desk for his signature.
The next home vote series was originally scheduled for 5:00 PM ET, according to a schedule shared by the minority Whip Katherine Clark earlier Wednesday, but it was unclear whether the house could still meet that deadline. Last week, CoinDesk reported that the house was planning to vote on the market structure bill on Wednesday, and the Stablecoin Bill should see a vote Thursday morning.
The familiar person to CoinDesk said the chamber leadership did not contact the Republican Conference before dubbing this week “Crypto Week,” and did not receive enough feedback as a result, leading to the results of this week.
Update (July 16, 2025, 19:55 UTC): Adds the latest without updating votes.
