The House of Representatives set a new record for the longest vote in history on Wednesday. A conservative rebellion over cryptocurrency bills paralyzed the House floor for two days this week, and while it’s finally over, it means House GOP leaders have significantly less time to carry out their legislative timeline. Voting kicked off just before 1 p.m. on Wednesday on a procedural measure that would have allowed the House to begin debate on several bills – three cryptocurrency measures plus a spending bill funding the Defense Department’s yearly budget – but appeared poised to fail, with several House GOP lawmakers voting "no." House GOP leaders can only lose three votes to pass anything along party lines. At one point during the course of roughly nine hours, Republican opposition climbed to 10 members before they struck a deal to pass the procedural measure, known as a "rule vote," around 11 p.m. VANCE DECLARES 'CRYPTO FINALLY HAS A CHAMPION' IN TRUMP WHITE HOUSE The House was initially expected to vote on three digital currency measures in a push dubbed "crypto week." The Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act) to establish stablecoin regulations has already passed the Senate. The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY Act), expected to have at least some bipartisan support, would have placed new federal guardrails on cryptocurrency. However, the last bill, a Republican priority called the Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act, proved a flashpoint during Wednesday’s marathon vote. Conservatives made an eleventh-hour push to link the three bills together, citing concerns the Senate would take up CLARITY without passing the anti-CBDC measure. Privacy hawks were concerned that without the anti-CBDC bill, which blocks the government from issuing its own digital currency, that CLARITY and GENIUS could give the federal government unprecedented insights into how private citizens spend their money if a U.S.-backed digital asset was created.

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