Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, was in South Carolina for a town hall advocating gun safety measures on the 10th anniversary of a massacre at a predominantly Black church, and did not vote on the crypto bill. In a statement, he said he supported its passage.

It advanced out of the Senate Banking Committee in March with bipartisan backing, but bled Democratic support weeks later when it was revealed that an Abu Dhabi-backed firm would use $2 billion in stablecoin purchased from Trump family-linked crypto firm, World Liberty Financial, to invest in Binance.