U.S. Representative Tom Emmer, a prominent advocate for digital assets, has been elected House Republican whip, securing the party's second-highest leadership position ahead of Democrats' expected control of Congress in January. Emmer defeated Texas Representative August Pfluger in a secret ballot by 103 votes to 76. He previously served as majority whip and will continue as the second-ranking leader under new Minority Leader Jim Jordan. Emmer has been a leading Republican voice on crypto policy. In March 2025, he co-founded the bipartisan Congressional Crypto Caucus with Representative Ritchie Torres to advance stablecoin and market structure legislation. He is also an original co-sponsor of the CLARITY Act and introduced the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act, which clarifies that blockchain developers and infrastructure providers who do not control customer funds are not money transmitters under federal law.