With the Senate scattering for its state work period on August 10, the practical test for the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act is whether Majority Leader Thune files cloture beforehand, since no filing means no summer vote. Democrats including Gillibrand, Alsobrooks, and Gallego are the ones to watch on the July 22 ethics language. If the window closes, the fallback route floated in trade press is attaching the bill to must-pass year-end legislation, though no senator has publicly confirmed that plan.