The White House meeting with industry leaders produced a direct presidential push for the Senate to move the market structure bill, arriving days after prediction markets had written its 2026 odds down to roughly 16%. The cloture vote is still scheduled for September 15 and still needs 60 senators, so the arithmetic hasn't changed, but the political weight behind it has. Traders treated the intervention as the second leg of Thursday's rally alongside the Treasury yield move.
August 20, 2026
Trump Tells the Senate to Pass a Fair Version of the Clarity Act
Original reporting: Rio Times ↗