Critics of the controversial provision in the Big Beautiful Bill included a diverse group ranging from Marjorie Taylor Greene to the NAACP.

Senators voted 99-1 to strike a provision to discourage states from regulating AI. It was supported by many in the tech industry.

Senators voted early Tuesday to remove a controversial 10-year moratorium on state regulation of artificial intelligence from President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” marking a significant defeat for a tech industry that had lobbied hard to keep the provision in the sweeping tax and spending package.