Here’s what’s new in the final CLARITY Act before Tuesday’s Senate vote

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Senate Republicans rewrote key parts of the CLARITY Act as they made a final push for Democratic votes Tuesday.“This text is truly bipartisan and includes more than 120 of Democrats’ demands,” Sen. Cynthia Lummis said Monday as she, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott and Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman released the final draft.Republicans put the tally at 126 substantive changes Democrats requested over more than a year of negotiations.The newest round is narrower, concentrating on four disputes that remained unsettled: ethics rules for federal officials, a backstop for stablecoin-related bank deposit flight, the scope of developer protections and tighter rules for digital commodity intermediaries.Those revisions now face a 60-vote test when cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 3633 ripens Tuesday at 2:15 p.m. If cloture is invoked, Republicans plan to offer the final text as a substitute amendment and move the legislation into formal Senate consideration.Trump ethics and bank safeguards target late-stage objectionsThe final round targets two of the most politically sensitive issues still hanging over negotiations: federal officials’ crypto interests...

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