The Guardrails Alliance AI oversight campaign

The Guardrails Alliance super PAC announced $1.2 million in spending to oppose three congressional candidates backed by the pro-AI-industry super PAC Leading the Future: Republican Aaron Flint of Montana, Republican Jay Feely of Arizona, and Democratic Rep. Jimmy Gomez of California. The move follows a letter to Congress signed by a coalition of nearly 40 labor, progressive, faith, and AI safety groups led by Guardrails Action, which demanded enforceable government AI oversight and warned of 'active, mobilized opposition' to bills falling short of their standards. Guardrails Action's demands include that AI models not make final decisions on healthcare and weapons, and that oversight be 'not designed or controlled by major tech firms.' Polling supports their framing: CSAIP published data from five Blue Rose Research surveys of 11,713 Americans conducted between August 28 and September 13, 2026, and a separate CSAIP poll of 2,498 Americans found 61% consider voluntary industry AI commitments insufficient, with 54% favoring government-set and enforced rules. The 54% includes 61% of Harris voters and 48% of Trump voters. Meanwhile, state-level AI regulation has moved from legislative activity to actual enforcement: as of March 2026, lawmakers in 45 states had introduced 1,561 AI-related bills, and multiple state laws now have effective dates in 2026. The White House released a non-binding National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence on March 20, 2026, urging Congress to replace state-level variation with uniform federal law, though the framework creates no compliance obligations on its own.