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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Moratorium

The Senate voted 99-1 to remove language from the Republicans’ reconciliation bill that would impose a moratorium on the enforcement of state-level laws and regulations relating to AI. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Guthrie (R-KY) said he plans to continue to pursue this issue.

Energy, Financials, Healthcare, Macro, Tech / Media / Telecom

Senate Republicans yesterday overcame the first procedural hurdle in passing the reconciliation bill and are planning for a Monday vote on final passage, though numerous of them continue to have reservations. House Majority Leader Scalise (R-LA) has indicated a House vote on the bill could take place by Tuesday or Wednesday, though a significant...

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Rural Broadband (BEAD)

Last Friday, the Commerce Department/NTIA announced a new process for determining how the $42.5b in funding from the BEAD rural broadband program will be distributed. The new rubric for distributing funds eliminates the Biden administration’s emphasis on fiber, as well as various other requirements (e.g., labor, availability of a low-cost plan,...

Energy, Financials, Healthcare, Macro, Tech / Media / Telecom

Senate Republican negotiations on changes to the House-passed reconciliation bill are intensifying. It appears that changes under consideration in the Senate increase the deficit by ~$600-700b beyond the House-passed bill’s $2.4t deficit impact, though there is consideration of adding provisions to try to close that gap. House conservatives are...

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Content Moderation

The comment period has closed for the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) inquiry into “Technology Platform Censorship.”

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Antitrust (Google)

The U.S. District Court for D.C. held closing arguments in the remedies phase of the DOJ’s search antitrust lawsuit against Google.