Senate strips Cruz 10-year state AI ban from budget bill, 99-1

The Senate voted 99-1 to strip a provision from the One Big Beautiful Bill that would have banned states from regulating artificial intelligence for 10 years. Senator Ted Cruz had inserted the moratorium into the reconciliation bill, but the Senate parliamentarian ruled it violated the Byrd Rule because it was primarily policy rather than budget. Only one senator voted to preserve the moratorium before the Senate proceeded without it.