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US Senate drops plan to block state AI laws in landslide early-morning vote

By Emma Whitford ( July 1, 2025, 14:59 GMT | Insight) -- In a major last-minute reversal, US Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz abandoned his effort to pass a plan that would limit states’ ability to enforce their artificial intelligence laws for five years. Cruz said in floor remarks that his compromise with Tennessee Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn to get it over the finish line had collapsed. Blackburn then introduced her own amendment, co-sponsored by Commerce Ranking Member Maria Cantwell, to strike the AI proposal altogether. It passed in a landslide, by a vote of 99-1.In a major last-minute reversal, US Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz abandoned his effort to pass a plan that would limit states’ ability to enforce their artificial intelligence laws for five years, saying in floor remarks that his compromise with Tennessee Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn to get it over the finish line had collapsed....

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