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Mike Johnson (House Speaker, R-LA)
Favors voluntary industry self-regulation over federal AI law; resists emergency congressional action, citing the China competition.
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Donald Trump (President)
Hosted AI executives at the White House; favors a light-touch, self-policing approach framed around beating China.
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Hakeem Jeffries (House Minority Leader, D-NY)
Pushed Congress to delay recess and legislate AI safeguards urgently.
Signed a letter urging Johnson to cancel recess and hold a vote on AI safeguards, citing catastrophic risk.
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AI industry executives (Amodei, Zuckerberg, Pichai, Huang, Karp, Bezos, Brockman, Musk)
Attended the White House meeting and were described by Trump as having signed a self-policing commitment.
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Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA)
Proposed a bill requiring government review of frontier AI models within 45 days of public release, one of the few concrete legislative proposals on the table.
Critiques competing legislative proposals, such as the 'Ratepayer Protection Act,' as insufficient to address AI safety risk.
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Abdul El-Sayed (Democratic Michigan Senate candidate)
Calls for a pause on frontier AI research pending safety assurances.