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Senate Judiciary approves bill cracking down on tech monopolies
</p> The bill, backed by Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, and nine others, would cover companies that have at least 50 million U.S.
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</p> The bill, backed by Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, and nine others, would cover companies that have at least 50 million U.S.
</p> House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E.
A similar bill was introduced last week in the Senate by Democrats Jon Ossoff of Georgia and Mark Kelly of Arizona.
</p> Threats against Mary Gay Scanlon of Pennsylvania surged in 2021.
</p> Though the bill was only introduced last week, Senate Majority Leader Charles E.
</p> The package’s fate has been unclear since December, though staff-level conversations have continued on how to resurrect the bill.
</p> Now the debate is over whether to enact a new law that would force companies to divulge such information upon the government’s request.</p> New York Democrat Carolyn B.
A committee staffer said Lofgren continues to work on the bill and did not provide a timeline for the legislation to be unveiled.
</p> That includes the conservative majority’s 5-4 decision in Citizens United v.
</p> “We’re working to get 50 votes,” Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said. </p> Sen.
</p> Democrats and their outside allies say the new bill, known as the Freedom to Vote: John R.
remarks in favor of the bill.
advantageous for them politically, because I think right now, that’s what it’s all about,” Thune said, adding that his preference would be for Democratic leaders to move forward Thursday on a House-passed bill
</p> Shelby has announced he will retire when the 117th Congress ends in January 2023.
</p> Often, unrelated provisions inserted in the defense bill are uncontroversial.
</p> However, the lack of any Republican co-sponsors to the bill from Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Menendez raises serious questions about its future in the sharply divided Senate.
A bipartisan Senate group is negotiating a bill to provide about $40 billion in fresh funding for pandemic-battered restaurants, Senate Small Business Chairman Benjamin L. Cardin said Wednesday.
</p> But he didn’t mention the stalled budget reconciliation bill, which Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., says he won’t support in its current form.
Schumer plans to use a House-passed bill to get around an expected filibuster and begin debate on bills to revamp federal voting laws. But final passage is still uncertain.
The annual defense policy bill enacted last month authorized $768 billion, roughly $25 billion more than the Defense Department asked for.