{"id":657343,"date":"2026-09-14T17:52:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T17:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/09\/14\/clarity-act-faces-state-ags-opposition-ahead-of-key-senate-vote\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T17:52:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T17:52:48","slug":"clarity-act-faces-state-ags-opposition-ahead-of-key-senate-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/09\/14\/clarity-act-faces-state-ags-opposition-ahead-of-key-senate-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"CLARITY Act faces state AGs opposition ahead of key Senate vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-images.ctmedia.io\/media\/article-covers\/2026\/09\/01M2GDBD5FKT1AWY6RJ5BB9EEC\/regulation-semen-lot-of-papers-clarity-act-1.jpg\" alt=\"CLARITY Act faces state AGs opposition ahead of key Senate vote\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s ethics concession addresses one hurdle for the crypto bill, but 18 state attorneys general say the revised legislation would weaken state oversight.<\/p>\n<p>The CLARITY Act is heading for a crucial US Senate procedural vote on Tuesday after President Donald Trump agreed to most of a bipartisan proposal to strengthen ethics restrictions around public officials\u2019 crypto interests, according to various reports. <\/p>\n<p>However, the latest compromise hasn\u2019t resolved all of the opposition, with a bipartisan group of state attorneys general now urging senators to reject the bill over concerns that it would weaken state oversight of the crypto industry.<\/p>\n<p>A coalition of 18 state attorneys general, led by New York Attorney General Letitia James, argued in a <a href=\"https:\/\/ag.ny.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/letters\/2026.9.13-clarity-act-letter-with-signatures.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">letter<\/a> to Senate Banking committee leaders that the CLARITY Act would make it harder for states to take action against crypto companies accused of fraud or other misconduct.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/clarity-act-faces-new-opposition-ahead-of-key-senate-vote\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump\u2019s ethics concession addresses one hurdle for the crypto bill, but 18 state attorneys general say the revised legislation would weaken state oversight. The CLARITY Act is heading for a crucial US Senate procedural vote on Tuesday after President Donald Trump agreed to most of a bipartisan proposal to strengthen ethics restrictions around public officials\u2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":657344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-657343","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=657343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/657344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=657343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=657343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}