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Sen. Ted Cruz and Sen. Maria Cantwell push the bipartisan Protect College Sports Act through markup, keeping the 75% media-rights pooling provision intact despite ongoing resistance from the SEC and Big Ten; the revised bill also imposes minimum roster guarantees for large revenue Olympic and women’s programs and faces potential lawsuits and further negotiations as Congress heads toward a recess.
Sen. Ted Cruz outlines an aggressive Senate path this summer for the bipartisan Protect College Sports Act—aiming to standardize athlete compensation, transfer rules, NIL safeguards and guardrails against a “super-league”—but House Republicans remain wary, limiting the bill’s momentum and complicating cross-chamber agreement as lawmakers race toward an August recess. The update digest also covers Democrats pressuring WinRed over ActBlue fundraising, Bill Gates’ Epstein testimony, a push for a short-term extension of FISA, data-center energy legislation, and a push for the Oversight Committee to interview acting AG Todd Blanche on Epstein files.
Senators Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell are introducing a bipartisan bill aimed at breaking Congress’s gridlock over college sports policy, signaling a potential shift in how college athletics governance and funding could be addressed in Washington.
With House negotiations collapsing on a college athletics bill, Senate leaders Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell are negotiating a broad package to regulate NIL pay, athlete rights, and university revenue, trying to bridge policy gaps and outpace House stalemate while facing a CBC boycott and disputes over whether student-athletes are employees and whether they can unionize.
Sen. Maria Cantwell criticized the Trump administration for rising prices after the latest CPI data showed a 2.7% year-over-year increase, with groceries up 2.4% and electricity up 6.7%; Seattle rose 3.1%. She argues tariff and energy policies are driving inflation, while Trump has floated cost-cutting ideas such as mortgage bonds, portable loans, and capping credit-card interest as consumer confidence remains weak ahead of the midterms.