A coalition of Senate Democrats is blocking the CLARITY Act over ethics concerns, stalling the most significant crypto market structure bill in years. AdvertisementBy late July 2026, a group of seven Senate Democrats, including Maryland’s Angela Alsobrooks, had publicly criticized the bill’s revised text. Their core objection: the ethics section was too weak to address the growing entanglement between elected officials and crypto ventures. Senate Democrats rejected it. Senate Democrats have pushed for ethics provisions that would explicitly block public officials from issuing, sponsoring, or financially benefiting from digital assets.