WASHINGTON — After several months in limbo, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s bill that would impose a sweeping set of regulations on college sports passed the Senate late Monday night with more than three quarters of the body’s support, marking the legislation’s furthest milestone yet.
Sponsored by Cruz, the Senate Commerce Committee chair, and Ranking Member Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, the Protect College Sports Act had remained stalled since it advanced through the committee in June. After hours of discussion Monday on amendments that saw minor changes to the bill, it finally passed in the upper chamber 77-22. The bill must still clear the U.S. House, which is in recess until after the November elections, before reaching the desk of President Donald Trump.
