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From left, Sens. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., Mark Warner, D-Va., and Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, attend a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee markup in the Dirksen building on July 29, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Warner, Rounds float federal commission to guide AI policymaking

The bipartisan Economy of the Future Commission Act seeks to deliver bipartisan policy solutions geared toward solving AI workforce challenges.
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People use IRS Direct File at the Internal Revenue Service Building on April 05, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Economic Security Project)

Bill backed by 160 Democrats seeks rebirth of IRS’s Direct File

The legislation would make the free electronic filling tool a permanent program and bar the Treasury secretary from sabotaging it through other agreements.
Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., speaks during a press conference on Jan. 9, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

NIST bill for small business AI assistance passes House

The Small Business Artificial Intelligence Advancement Act tasks the NIST director with developing a suite of AI resources aimed at helping Main Street, lawmakers say.
Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., attends a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Feb. 4, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

House bill seeks AI workforce tax credits, agency-led outreach

The AI Workforce Training Act would amend the federal tax code and task the departments of Commerce, Labor and Treasury with leading a campaign to inform companies.
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