Bill Hagerty
Data as of: votes Oct 21, 2026 · statements Oct 19, 2026 · contributions Oct 19, 2026 · super PAC spending Oct 23, 2026. What changed
Said and voted
Same bill, both records
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cloture · Sep 30, 2026 · Rejected 57-43
Senator supports continued rapid AI/superintelligence development to stay ahead of adversaries while ensuring data center companies, not ratepayers, bear infrastructure costs, opposing burdensome constraints on AI growth itself.
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Senator supports continued rapid AI/superintelligence development to stay ahead of adversaries while ensuring data center companies, not ratepayers, bear infrastructure costs, opposing burdensome constraints on AI growth itself.
“The bill passed the House of Representatives by an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 417-3 WASHINGTON—Today, United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) spoke on the Senate floor, imploring his colleag…”
Hagerty's BLADE Act would expose and sanction foreign entities conducting model-extraction attacks on US frontier AI models to protect American AI leadership.
“The unauthorized use of American AI models by foreign adversaries is a threat to both economic and national security WASHINGTON—Today, Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), along with Senate Banking Chairman …”
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How they voted
motion to proceed · S.J.Res. 198 · Rejected 46-50
cloture · S. 4784 · Rejected 50-46
procedural · S. 1071 · Agreed to 77-20
cloture · S. 1071 · Agreed to 76-20
motion to proceed · S. 1071 · Agreed to 75-22
amendment · H.R. 1 · S.Amdt. 2814 · Agreed to 99-1
AI super PAC spending in this race
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC, 2026 cycle. This money never touches the campaign; it is spent for or against the candidate directly.
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.
$38K
From employees and investors, personally
$17K
From company PACs
By employer
Company PACs in teal; employees' personal gifts in black. Spellings are unified through the alias list.
Largest gifts
| Date | Contributor | Employer, as filed | Amount | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 2025 | Doug Herrington | AMAZON | $5K | ↗ |
| Mar 26, 2026 | Brad Smith | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | $4K | ↗ |
| Jan 31, 2026 | Shyam Sankar | PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES | $4K | ↗ |
| Jan 31, 2026 | Shyam Sankar | PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES | $4K | ↗ |
| Nov 17, 2025 | James Siminoff | AMAZON | $4K | ↗ |
| Nov 17, 2025 | James Siminoff | AMAZON | $4K | ↗ |
| Sep 30, 2025 | Karan Bhatia | $4K | ↗ | |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Peter Lofgren | ANTHROPIC | $4K | ↗ |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Peter Lofgren | ANTHROPIC | $4K | ↗ |
| May 8, 2026 | GOOGLE LLC NETPAC | PAC | $3K | ↗ |
| Dec 31, 2025 | META PLATFORMS INC. PAC | PAC | $3K | ↗ |
| Sep 15, 2025 | Holly Sullivan | AMAZON | $3K | ↗ |
| Apr 25, 2025 | AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (AMAZON PAC | PAC | $3K | ↗ |
| Apr 18, 2025 | GOOGLE LLC NETPAC | PAC | $3K | ↗ |
| Apr 18, 2025 | GOOGLE LLC NETPAC | PAC | $3K | ↗ |
Source: OpenFEC Schedule A, itemized receipts only, 2026 cycle, read Oct 19, 2026. The FEC itemizes a contributor once their gifts to a committee pass $200 in aggregate.