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September 2026 →

SenateFloor Session

September 15, 2026

Speeches 46Members 17Roll Calls 2

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Roll Calls

H.R. 3633Vote to See ResultDigital Asset Market Clarity ActOn Cloture on the Motion to Proceed H.R. 3633
S. 4668Vote to See ResultProtect College Sports Act of 2026On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 4668

Speeches and Other Business

01Artificial Intelligence (Executive Session)
1 member spoke
02Wyoming (Executive Session)
2 members spoke
03Anti-Semitism (Executive Session)
1 member spoke
04Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (Executive Session)
1 member spoke
05Vote on Byrne Nomination (Executive Session)
3 members spoke
06Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (Executive Calendar)
2 members spoke
07Motion to Reconsider (Executive Calendar)
1 member spoke
08Order of Business (Executive Calendar)
1 member spoke
09Protect College Sports Act of 2026 (Executive Calendar)
1 member spoke
10Department of Homeland Security (Executive Calendar)
1 member spoke
11Protect College Sports Act (Executive Calendar)
3 members spoke
12Protect College Sports Act (Executive Calendar)
2 members spoke
13Cluster Munitions
1 member spoke
14Recognizing the 50th Anniversary of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Keyport's Hawthorne Operating Site
1 member spoke
15200th Anniversary of East Machias, Maine
1 member spoke

Routine Business (44)

01Senate
02Executive Calendar (Executive Session)
2 members spoke
03Vote-by-Mail (Executive Session)
04Nomination of Matthew R. Byrne (Executive Session)
1 member spoke
05Waiving Quorum Call (Executive Calendar)
H.R. 3633 →
06Cloture Motion (Executive Calendar)
1 member spoke
07Waiving Quorum Call (Executive Calendar)
S. 4668 →1 member spoke
08Unanimous Consent Agreement: S. 4668 (Executive Calendar)
S. 4668 →1 member spoke
09Cloture Motion
1 member spoke
10Morning Business
1 member spoke
11Arms Sales Notification
1 member spoke
12Arms Sales Notification
1 member spoke
13Arms Sales Notification
1 member spoke
14Arms Sales Notification
1 member spoke
15Arms Sales Notification
1 member spoke
16Arms Sales Notification
1 member spoke
17Arms Sales Notification
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18Arms Sales Notification
1 member spoke
19Arms Sales Notification
1 member spoke
20Arms Sales Notification
1 member spoke
21Arms Sales Notification
1 member spoke
22Arms Sales Notification
1 member spoke
23Arms Sales Notification
1 member spoke
24Arms Sales Notification
1 member spoke
25Arms Sales Notification
1 member spoke
26Arms Sales Notification
1 member spoke
27Arms Sales Notification
1 member spoke
28Arms Sales Notification
1 member spoke
29Arms Sales Notification
1 member spoke
30Recognizing Kaddas Enterprises
31Messages From the President
32Executive Messages Referred
33Measures Discharged Petition
S.J.Res. 204 →
34Measures Discharged
35Submission of Concurrent and Senate Resolutions
36Senate Resolution 853: Recognizing Suicide as a Serious Public Health Problem and Expressing Support for the Designation of September 8, 2026, as "988 Day" and the Role of 988 Suicide and Crisis...
S.Res. 853 →
37Senate Resolution 854: Designating September 2026 as "National Voting Rights Month"
S.Res. 854 →
38Text of Senate Amendment 6771
39Text of Senate Amendment 6772
40Authority for Committees to Meet
1 member spoke
41Privileges of the Floor
1 member spoke
42Orders for Wednesday, September 16, 2026
S. 4668 →1 member spoke
43Adjournment Until 10 A.M. Tomorrow
1 member spoke
44Confirmation

Daily Digest

Routine Proceedings, pages S4699-S4742 Measures Introduced
Nine bills and three resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 5395-5403, S.J. Res. 214, and S. Res. 853-854.
Pages S4734-35
Measures Reported
S. 388, to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act with respect to the implementation of building codes, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Page S4734
Measures Considered
Digital Asset Market Clarity Act: By 49 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. EX. 234), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 3633, to provide for a system of regulation of the offer and sale of digital commodities by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, to amend the Federal Reserve Act to prohibit the Federal reserve banks from offering certain products or services directly to an individual, to prohibit the use of central bank digital currency for monetary policy.
Pages S4704-06
Senator Tillis entered a motion to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill.
Page S4706
Protect College Sports Act: Agreement
Senate resumed consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 4668, to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and to promote fair competition among intercollegiate athletics.
Pages S4706-16
During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the following action
By 74 yeas to 24 nays (Vote No. EX. 235), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill.
Pages S4715-16
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill at approximately 10 a.m., on Wednesday, September 16, 2026; and that all time during recess, adjournment, morning business and Leader remarks count post-cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill.
Page S4739
Appointments
Health Information Technology Advisory Committee: The Chair, on behalf of the Democratic Leader, pursuant to the provisions of Public Law 114-255, reappointed the following individuals to serve as members of the Health Information Technology Advisory Committee: Zeynep Sumer King of New York and Derek De Young of Wisconsin.
Page S4716
Nomination Confirmed
Senate confirmed the following nomination: By 52 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. EX. 233), Matthew R. Byrne, of Ohio, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio.
Pages S4699-S4704, S4742
Nominations Received
Senate received the following nominations: Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Navy, and Space Force.
Pages S4739-42
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S4737-38
Record Votes
Three record votes were taken today. (Total--235)
Pages S4704, S4706, S4716
Adjournment
Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:22 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, September 16, 2026. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4739.)

Executive Calendar (Executive Session)

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under the previous order, the Senate will proceed to executive session and resume consideration of the following nomination, which the clerk will report.

The senior assistant executive clerk read the nomination of Matthew R. Byrne, of Ohio, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio.

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The majority leader is recognized.

John ThuneRepublican, South Dakota

Mr. President, last year, Congress passed the GENIUS Act, which is the first bill regulating digital assets ever to become law.

And the GENIUS Act was a landmark bill for more reasons than just being the first. It applied a light-touch approach to digital asset regulation that provides clear rules of the road for stablecoins, while allowing space for continued innovation and encouraging that innovation to happen right here in the United States.

We have already seen the positive effects of that approach. Stablecoin market capitalization increased by 49 percent in 2025, due in part to the regulatory clarity provided by the GENIUS Act.

Visa and Mastercard have been investing in stablecoin-linked credit cards amid heightened demand for such cards. Visa alone tripled its offer of stablecoin-linked credit cards last year, and one Visa executive called the GENIUS Act a huge turning point for the industry.

Thanks to clear regulatory guidelines for stablecoins, the digital asset industry is moving in the right direction in the United States. That is a stark contrast to how things were under the Biden administration.

Not long ago, digital assets operated in a legal gray zone in this country. The Biden administration was regulating crypto companies with arbitrary enforcement measures, subjecting crypto firms to numerous lawsuits. And these hostile actions led a number of U.S.-based companies to consider moving out of the United States altogether.

We can all agree that the United States should be the world's leader in financial innovation, and as the GENIUS Act proves, innovation surges with certainty.

When we passed the GENIUS Act over a year ago, I said market structure legislation would be the next logical step. Today, thanks to the leadership of Senator Lummis and Chairmen Scott and Boozman and a lot of hard work from a number of our colleagues on both sides of the aisle, the Senate

The Clarity Act would apply the same approach that we took on stablecoins in the GENIUS Act to the entire digital asset ecosystem. It would provide clear rules of the road while encouraging innovation to happen right here in America.

To begin with, the Clarity Act distinguishes the jurisdictions of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission, while ensuring that the CFTC and the SEC still work together to harmonize their rules.

The Clarity Act also ensures that companies can't skirt securities laws that apply to other financial assets, and it protects the growing number of Americans investing in and utilizing digital assets. It provides everyday Americans with the information they need to make investment decisions, prevents value manipulation schemes, and ensures that law enforcement has the tools that it needs to go after bad actors and fraud.

Anyone concerned about another failure like the FTX collapse a few years ago should want to see the Clarity Act passed quickly. This bill would prevent another FTX. It would require exchanges to be subject to examination and provide transparency so that regulators can intervene before harm becomes widespread. It would prevent companies from using customers' funds as their own, as FTX did, and it would ensure that exchanges and their affiliates can't trade on their own platforms.

This bill has support from large financial institutions and law enforcement organizations, and it has had bipartisan support from the beginning. As I said, this bill has been a bipartisan work in progress for over a year, with roots that go back even before that. In the last year, 126 substantive changes have been made to the bill at the request of our Democrat colleagues.

The Clarity Act was reported out of the Banking Committee on a bipartisan vote, and, over the weekend, Senators Lummis, Boozman, and Scott released a final draft that incorporated even more of Democrats' demands, in the interest of moving forward with this bill.

The question now is whether Democrats will take yes for an answer.

Digital assets are firmly rooted in the United States. One in five American adults has invested in or used cryptocurrency. The overwhelming majority of crypto owners want clear rules of the road and protections like those provided in the GENIUS Act and the Clarity Act.

This is a shared priority for Republicans, Democrats, and President Trump. We have been working at it now for over a year. The only reason for this progress to end now would be if Democrats choose politics over good policy.

And now is not the time for political games. We have seen what regulatory certainty did to promote innovation and growth in stablecoins. We have an opportunity to do that across the entire digital asset industry by passing the Clarity Act. We should take the opportunity before us to ensure this innovation happens right here in America and that the United States remains the leader in financial technology well into the future.

I yield the floor.

I suggest the absence of a quorum.

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll.

The senior assistant executive clerk proceeded to call the roll.

Charles E. SchumerDemocrat, New York

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Roll Calls

Speeches and Other Business

Routine Proceedings, pages S4699-S4742 Measures Introduced

Measures Reported

Measures Considered

Protect College Sports Act: Agreement

During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the following action

Appointments

Nomination Confirmed

Nominations Received

Record Votes

Adjournment

Executive Calendar (Executive Session)

Artificial Intelligence (Executive Session)

Vote-by-Mail (Executive Session)

Wyoming (Executive Session)

Anti-Semitism (Executive Session)

Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (Executive Session)

Nomination of Matthew R. Byrne (Executive Session)

Vote on Byrne Nomination (Executive Session)

Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (Executive Calendar)

Waiving Quorum Call (Executive Calendar)

Cloture Motion (Executive Calendar)

Motion to Reconsider (Executive Calendar)

Waiving Quorum Call (Executive Calendar)

Order of Business (Executive Calendar)

Unanimous Consent Agreement: S. 4668 (Executive Calendar)

Protect College Sports Act of 2026 (Executive Calendar)

Department of Homeland Security (Executive Calendar)

Protect College Sports Act (Executive Calendar)

Protect College Sports Act (Executive Calendar)

Cloture Motion

Morning Business

Arms Sales Notification

Arms Sales Notification

Arms Sales Notification

Arms Sales Notification

Arms Sales Notification

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Arms Sales Notification

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Cluster Munitions

Recognizing the 50th Anniversary of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Keyport's Hawthorne Operating Site

200th Anniversary of East Machias, Maine

Authority for Committees to Meet

Privileges of the Floor

Orders for Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Adjournment Until 10 A.M. Tomorrow

Executive Calendar (Executive Session)

Artificial Intelligence (Executive Session)

Vote-by-Mail (Executive Session)

Wyoming (Executive Session)

Anti-Semitism (Executive Session)

Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (Executive Session)

Nomination of Matthew R. Byrne (Executive Session)

Vote on Byrne Nomination (Executive Session)

Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (Executive Calendar)

Waiving Quorum Call (Executive Calendar)

Cloture Motion (Executive Calendar)

Motion to Reconsider (Executive Calendar)

Waiving Quorum Call (Executive Calendar)

Order of Business (Executive Calendar)

Unanimous Consent Agreement: S. 4668 (Executive Calendar)

Protect College Sports Act of 2026 (Executive Calendar)

Department of Homeland Security (Executive Calendar)

Protect College Sports Act (Executive Calendar)

Protect College Sports Act (Executive Calendar)

Cloture Motion

Morning Business