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Ted Budd

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6 AI votes on record1 press release on AI$29K itemized from AI-industry employees and PACs

Data as of: votes Sep 11, 2026 · statements Sep 9, 2026 · contributions Sep 9, 2026 (incomplete) · super PAC spending Sep 11, 2026. What changed

Said and voted

What they said

neutralJul 22, 2026

Budd argues the U.S. must strengthen its research enterprise and standards leadership to out-compete China's push in AI, robotics, and semiconductors, emphasizing competitiveness rather than AI rules.

“Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.) chaired a hearing in the Senate Subcommittee on Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness yesterday entitled Measuring What Matters: Science, Standa…”

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Summaries and stance tags are written by a model; the release is the record.

How they voted

NAYJul 16, 2026
Motion to Proceed to S.J. Res. 198; A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Medicare Program; Implementation of Prior Authorization for Select Services for the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) Model".

motion to proceed · S.J.Res. 198 · Rejected 46-50

YEAJul 14, 2026
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Proceed to S. 4784; An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.

cloture · S. 4784 · Rejected 50-46

YEADec 17, 2025
Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to S. 1071; A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disinter the remains of Fernando V. Cota from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas, and for other purposes.

procedural · S. 1071 · Agreed to 77-20

YEADec 15, 2025
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to S. 1071; A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disinter the remains of Fernando V. Cota from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas, and for other purposes.

cloture · S. 1071 · Agreed to 76-20

YEADec 11, 2025
Motion to Proceed to the House Message to Accompany S. 1071; A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disinter the remains of Fernando V. Cota from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas, and for other purposes.

motion to proceed · S. 1071 · Agreed to 75-22

YEAJul 1, 2025
To strike the section relating to support for artificial intelligence.

amendment · H.R. 1 · S.Amdt. 2814 · Agreed to 99-1

Contributions from AI-industry employees and PACs

Itemized receipts to this member's campaign committee where the contributor's employer or the contributing PAC is on the alias list. An employee's personal gift is not the company's.

$19K

From employees and investors, personally

$10K

From company PACs

13

Itemized receipts

By employer

Company PACs in blue; employees' personal gifts in black. Spellings are unified through the alias list.

Largest gifts

DateContributorEmployer, as filedAmountFiling
Feb 20, 2026Rick OsterlohGOOGLE$4K↗
Feb 20, 2026Donald S HarrisonGOOGLE$4K↗
Feb 19, 2026Thomas K OliveriGOOGLE$4K↗
Feb 4, 2026Kent WalkerGOOGLE LLC$4K↗
Mar 31, 2026Joel KaplanMETA PLATFORMS INC$3K↗
Mar 31, 2026AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (AMAZON PAC)PAC$3K↗
Sep 30, 2025AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (AMAZON PAC)PAC$3K↗
Mar 31, 2025META PLATFORMS, INC. PACPAC$3K↗
Feb 19, 2026Karan BhatiaGOOGLE$2K↗
Jun 29, 2026META PLATFORMS, INC. PACPAC$2K↗
Apr 6, 2026META PLATFORMS, INC. PACPAC$1K↗
Feb 20, 2026Donald S HarrisonGOOGLE$144↗
Jul 10, 2025Nicole PalazaPALANTIR TECH$10↗

Source: OpenFEC Schedule A, itemized receipts only, 2026 cycle, read Sep 9, 2026. The FEC itemizes a contributor once their gifts to a committee pass $200 in aggregate.