Politico July 3, 2025
With help from Mohar Chatterjee
WASHINGTON WATCH
At the center of Sen. Marsha Blackburn’s (R-Tenn.) decision this week to withdraw support for an artificial intelligence measure she worked on with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), was her Kids Online Safety Act, according to four people familiar with the situation.
The four people, who were granted anonymity to speak about private discussions, said Blackburn had hoped to limit the scope and span of a pause on state AI rules and in turn advance her legislation to a markup in the Senate Commerce Committee, which Cruz chairs.
Key context: Last year, Blackburn and her bill co-sponsor Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) nearly got the measure passed. The bill, which requires tech companies to...
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