A deal addressing concerns over an artificial intelligence regulation moratorium in President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” collapsed after one of its architects pulled out. Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) came to a compromise regarding the bill’s provision forbidding states from regulating AI for ten years,

Sens. Ted Cruz and Marsha Blackburn reached a deal proposing a five-year moratorium period on state AI regulations a part of the tax and spending megabill.

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) said Sunday that she reached a deal with Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on new text for a provision in President Trump’s sweeping tax package that seeks to bar states from regulating artificial intelligence (AI).

After going back and forth over the provision, Sen. Marsha Blackburn offered an amendment to strip the provision alongside Sen. Maria Cantwell.

: Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) backed away from a compromise on a key provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that restricts states from regulating AL. Blackburn and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) had reached on a compromise on the AI moratorium that reduced its length from 10 to five years,

Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn came to an agreement with Texas Senator Ted Cruz on shortening the moratorium by five years.