Senate Commerce Delays AI Markup to Aug. 5 as Cruz Struggles to Lock Agenda
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Updated · POLITICO · Jul 22
Senate Commerce Delays AI Markup to Aug. 5 as Cruz Struggles to Lock Agenda
1 articles · Updated · POLITICO · Jul 22
Summary
The committee is now tentatively eyeing Aug. 5 for its artificial intelligence and kids online safety markup, about a week later than Ted Cruz’s original plan.
Disputes over which bills to include have kept the schedule in flux, with Cruz still soliciting member input and Maria Cantwell saying she had not been briefed on the agenda.
Republicans blamed Democrats for not offering bill suggestions, a charge Democratic aides rejected, while aides also said the delay gives Marsha Blackburn more time on a package combining online safety and state AI preemption.
The postponement tightens an already short timeline for Senate Republicans’ push to move AI legislation this year, with the chamber set to begin its summer recess on Aug. 7.