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![A screenshot from Politico Pro explaining that the Blackburn amendment was voted on this morning to remove the AI moratorium. It is incomplete, so it cuts off mid-word.
— AND IT’S GONE: The Senate voted 99-1 shortly after 4 a.m. to remove a yearslong moratorium on enforcing state and local artificial intelligence laws from the Republican megabill after a compromise agreement between Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) fell apart.
The vote on Blackburn’s amendment to strike the provision capped a frantic week of writing and rewriting the AI language, which enjoyed strong support from tech and business interests but united an unusual coalition of Democrats, conservatives and consumer protection groups against it.
A visibly frustrated Cruz blamed outside interests for the deal collapsing as he urged the chamber to remove it from the underlying bill. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) was the lone nay vote.
“When I spoke to President Trump last night, he said it was a terrific agreement,” Cruz said on the floor. “In this body, your word is your currency. Our deal would have passed easily, but a couple of hours ago the other side backed out.”
Blackburn acknowledged the change of heart in her own floor remarks: “Yes, indeed, there [were] problems with the language that](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vdabazxnghujbebpi2ektqgi/bafkreicd4ib34qvzvv5fijlbsw4yushq5rd7a3kdxoqife5fj22tk7eoni)
