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A full Senate floor vote on the CLARITY crypto bill is coming this week, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott said, with the South Carolina Republican using the phrase "without any question" to describe the certainty.
Scott acknowledged the voting window is narrow but maintained the Senate majority leader still has room in the schedule to add the crypto measure.
Tim Scott's role and the pressure this creates Scott chairs the Senate Banking Committee, the panel with primary jurisdiction over financial regulation in the upper chamber.
When a committee chairman makes a public guarantee about floor timing, it is directed at the majority leader, who controls what the full Senate votes on. Scott is not predicting an outcome.
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