U.S. Representative Tom Emmer was elected House Republican minority whip after defeating Texas Representative August Pfluger 103-76 in a secret ballot vote. He will hold the party’s second-highest leadership position under incoming Minority Leader Jim Jordan, helping rally Republican votes, coordinate legislative strategy and maintain party unity. The Minnesota lawmaker is a leading advocate for digital assets and co-founded the Congressional Crypto Caucus with Representative Ritchie Torres in March 2025. He is also an original cosponsor of the CLARITY Act and introduced the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act to clarify that certain blockchain developers and infrastructure providers who do not control customer funds are not money transmitters under federal law.
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