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Senate parliamentarian requests AI moratorium be rewritten in ‘big, beautiful bill’
- On June 26, 2025, the Senate reconciliation bill included a provision banning state and local AI safety regulations for the next 10 years.
- This provision emerged as state lawmakers in all 50 states worked to establish AI guardrails to protect workers' jobs, safety, and civil liberties.
- Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, serving since 2012 as a nonpartisan adviser, ruled that several key provisions violate budget rules and cannot proceed via reconciliation.
- Thorning explained that the Senate's rules and precedents serve as boundaries to prevent the chamber from veering too much in any direction, and senators are keen to preserve these limits.
- MacDonough's rulings sparked conservative outrage and calls for her removal, while GOP leaders remain optimistic about finding solutions to preserve key bill parts.
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Senate parliamentarian requests AI moratorium be rewritten in ‘big, beautiful bill’
Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has asked Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz (R-Texas) to rewrite the controversial artificial intelligence (AI) provision in President Trump’s tax package, Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) told reporters Thursday. Cruz and Cantwell (D-Wash.), the ranking member of the Senate Commerce Committee, met with the Senate parliamentarian Wednesday night, a source familiar with the conversations…
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