In a paralyzing setback for the Trump administration, the Republicans of the House of Representatives did not advance a key procedural vote on a legislation package that includes three cryptographic measures, a priority for President Donald Trump.
A dozen Republicans from the House of Representatives diving Trump and President Mike Johnson to prevent legislation from progressing on the floor, joining the entire democratic caucus, and, at least temporarily, of frozen activity in the Chamber. He Final account It was 196-223.
Johnson said that while he anticipated that there may be enough opposition to defeat the effort, he felt that it was “important” to try to advance the bills. Republicans have a limited majority in the camera, with 220 Republicans compared to 212 Democrats.
Johnson said he will try to work with Holdo Republicans to answer questions, although no more votes are planned in the camera on Tuesday.
The speaker explained that the conservatives who voted against the rule wanted cryptography bill (clarity, genius and the CBDC Surveillance Law) to combine in a large package, instead of taking independent votes to each extent.
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“This is the legislative process. We have some members who really want to emphasize the camera product,” said Johnson. “They want, they want to push that and merge them. We are trying to work with the White House and with our Senate members in this. I think everyone insists that we are going to do all three, but some of these types insist that everything must be in a single package.”
The intraparty rebellion occurs after Trump urged Republicans to vote in favor of advancing in cryptography law.
“The Genius law will put our great Lightyears nation ahead of China, Europe and all others, which infinitely try to catch up, but they simply cannot do it,” Trump published in Truth Social on Tuesday. “Digital assets are the future, and we are leading a lot! We have made the first vote this afternoon (all Republicans should vote that yes!)”.
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No votes come from the representatives Andy Biggs, Tim Burchett, Michael Cloud, Andrew Clyde, Eli Crane, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Andy Harris, Anna Paulina Luna, Scott Perry, Chip Roy, Keith Self and Victoria Spartz. The leader of the majority, Steve Scalise, also changed his vote to “no” to preserve the ability to call to measure again for another attempt to vote.
Luna, a Florida Republican, told ABC News that it is “pro-crypto”, but voted against the procedural vote because it continues to have concerns about the creation of a “rear door” to a digital currency of the central bank, a concern resonated by Greene.
“I just voted not to the rule for the Genius law because it does not include a prohibition of the digital currency of the central bank and because the speaker Johnson did not allow us to present amendments to the genius law,” Greene, R-g., Published in X. “The Americans do not want a central digital currency controlled by the Government. Prohibit CBDC in the genius law.”
The vote occurred during what the White House calls “Cryptography Week” and marks a rare case in which the Republicans of the House of Representatives have challenged Trump’s address.
Trump, who launched his own cryptographic currency earlier this year, recently said he is a “cryptography fan” and called him a “very powerful industry” that the United States has “dominated.”
“I am president. And what I did there is to build an industry that is very important,” Trump said last month. “If we didn’t have it, China would do it.”
Once a cryptoptic, Trump and his family have completely submerged in the cryptocurrency market, developing not only the $ Trump meme coin, but also a mining firm of Bitcoin, a stable firm and a cryptographic reserve.
