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Ben Luján

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6 AI votes on record1 press release on AI$47K 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 30, 2026

Luján leads a hearing exploring AI's role in building and securing broadband networks, noting both promise and needed oversight without taking a firm regulatory position.

“Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media, helped lead a subcommittee hearing titled…”

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

How they voted

YEAJul 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

NAYJul 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.

$47K

From employees and investors, personally

$0

From company PACs

26

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
Mar 1, 2026Bradford SmithMICROSOFT CORPORATION$4K↗
Mar 1, 2026Bradford SmithMICROSOFT CORPORATION$4K↗
Nov 30, 2025Jason KwonOPENAI$4K↗
Nov 24, 2025Peter RagoneOPENAI$4K↗
Nov 17, 2025Christopher LehaneOPENAI$4K↗
Nov 6, 2025James Kevin ScottMICROSOFT CORPORATION$4K↗
Sep 22, 2025Christopher DixonANDREESSEN HOROWITZ$4K↗
Sep 22, 2025Benjamin HorowitzANDREESSEN HOROWITZ$4K↗
Nov 17, 2025Marisa MoretOPENAI$3K↗
Nov 11, 2025Frederick HumphriesMICROSOFT CORPORATION$2K↗
Nov 10, 2025Chan ParkOPENAI$2K↗
Sep 22, 2025Christopher DixonANDREESSEN HOROWITZ$2K↗
Nov 17, 2025Chan ParkOPENAI$2K↗
Nov 17, 2025Christopher LehaneOPENAI$2K↗
Nov 24, 2025Debbie MeslohOPENAI$1K↗

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.