Young Americans Oppose the AI Regulation Moratorium
June 29, 2025
When the One Big Beautiful Bill was passed by the House, a provision to void and block all state regulation of AI for a decade was tucked quietly inside of it. One prominent Republican representative admitted that she “did not know” it was even there.
For many Republican senators, it seemed far-fetched that the original provision would pass the Byrd Rule, a parliamentary procedure that blocks anything unrelated to the federal budget from being included in the final reconciliation package. But, despite the general confidence that the Senate Parliamentarian would weed it out, it surprisingly passed and now has a very good chance of becoming law.
