Politics

‘I Would Have Voted NO’: Marjorie Taylor Greene Now Opposes the GOP’s ‘Big, Beautiful’ Bill

By Jake Beardslee · June 4, 2025

U.S. Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene, of Georgia, speaks to the press at Greenville County Republican Women's luncheon at Poinsett Club in Greenville, S.C., on Thursday, February. 22, 2024. MCKENZIE LANGE/ Staff / USA TODAY NETWORK

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is now expressing regret for supporting the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” a sweeping GOP-backed legislative package that passed the House by a razor-thin 215–214 margin. The bill, which spans over 1,000 pages, includes significant tax breaks for the wealthy, deep cuts to social programs like Medicaid and SNAP, and controversial language that restricts judicial enforcement of contempt rulings. The Congressional Budget Office estimates the legislation could add $3.8 trillion to the national deficit.

One of the bill’s most contentious provisions bars states from regulating artificial intelligence for a decade, a detail Greene claims she overlooked before casting her vote. Posting on X (formerly Twitter), she wrote, “Full transparency, I did not know about this section on pages 278-279 of the OBBB that strips states of the right to make laws or regulate AI for 10 years.”

“I am adamantly OPPOSED to this and it is a violation of state rights and I would have voted NO if I had known this was in there,” Greene continued. “We have no idea what AI will be capable of in the next 10 years and giving it free rein and tying states hands is potentially dangerous. This needs to be stripped out in the Senate.”

Greene added, “When the OBBB comes back to the House for approval after Senate changes, I will not vote for it with this in it. We should be reducing federal power and preserving state power. Not the other way around.”

The bill’s text explicitly states: “No State or political subdivision thereof may enforce, during the 10-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, any law or regulation of that State or a political subdivision thereof limiting, restricting, or otherwise regulating artificial intelligence models, artificial intelligence systems, or automated decision systems entered into interstate commerce.”

Greene is not alone in her concerns. GOP Representative Mike Flood also admitted he was unaware of a separate controversial provision limiting the enforcement of contempt orders, stating at a town hall: “I do not agree with that section that was added to the bill… I am not going to hide the truth, this provision was unknown to me when I voted for that.”