Sen. Cantwell says AI moratorium is now in hands of Senate parliamentarian

Senate Commerce ranking member Maria Cantwell (D-WA), who is leading opposition to inclusion of a moratorium on state artificial intelligence regulation in the tax-and-spending reconciliation measure, sent materials to the Senate parliamentarian June 18 making the case that the state AI freeze doesn’t belong in the budget legislation.

The parliamentarian will consider the arguments and decide whether the moratorium language can remain in the reconciliation provisions, Cantwell said along with Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), a Commerce Committee member, during a...