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Ted Cruz can’t get all Republicans to back his fight against state AI laws | Cruz plan moves ahead but was reportedly watered down amid Republican opposition.
Cruz plan moves ahead but was reportedly watered down amid Republican opposition.
In early June, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) proposed enforcing a 10-year moratorium on AI regulation by making states ineligible for broadband funding if they try to impose any limits on development of artificial intelligence. While the House previously approved a version of the so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill" with an outright 10-year ban on state AI regulation, Cruz took a different approach because of the Senate rule that limits inclusion of "extraneous matter" in budget reconciliation legislation. A press release from Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) noted that "the parliamentarian's advice is based on whether a provision is appropriate for reconciliation and conforms to the limitations of the Byrd rule; it is not a judgement on the relative merits of a particular policy."
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