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The September 2026 ASI proposal lacks a located filed identifier and full statutory text in this review.","The Voteview archive includes not-voting and present entries and excludes quorum calls and vacated votes; its latest captured vote is August 8, 2026.","Checked-on dates indicate review of a source or index reference, not necessarily acquisition of the full original. accessStatus and source notes identify unacquired documents and third-party mirrors."]},"record":{"id":"sanders-ai-advocacy-control-consultation","category":"organizations","title":"ControlAI reports consultation and a narrower preferred policy","date":"2026-09-09","period":"September 9, 2026 organization statement about the September 3 framework","status":"First-party consultation statement reviewed","summary":"ControlAI states that it consulted on the Sanders–Casar framework. 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