Tom Emmer Elected House Republican Minority Whip
Pro-crypto U.S. Representative Tom Emmer has been elected House Republican minority whip, securing the party’s second-highest leadership position as Democrats prepare to take control of Congress in January. According to Cointelegraph, Emmer defeated Texas Representative August Pfluger in a 103-76 secret ballot vote, as reported by Politico. Emmer previously served as House Republican majority whip and will remain the party’s No. 2 leader under incoming Minority Leader Jim Jordan. In the minority whip role, he will be responsible for rallying Republican votes, coordinating legislative strategy and helping maintain party unity on key bills. Emmer has also been a prominent Republican voice on digital assets. In March 2025, he and Representative Ritchie Torres announced the bipartisan Congressional Crypto Caucus, which aims to build support for digital asset legislation, including stablecoin and market structure bills. Emmer is an original cosponsor of the CLARITY Act and introduced the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act, which seeks to clarify that blockchain developers and infrastructure providers who do not control customer funds are not money transmitters under federal law. GOP Senator Cynthia Lummis praised Emmer’s digital asset advocacy and his opposition to a government-controlled CBDC in a post on X.