Klobuchar Expects Senate Vote Soon on Tech Favoritism Bill
Expect the Senate to vote soon on legislation that would end Big Tech self-preferencing, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., told MSNBC Tuesday. She noted Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., “promised a vote” on the American Innovation and Choice Online Act…
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(S. 2992/HR-3816) (see 2204270025) in the “early summer.” The vote “should be coming up quite soon,” she said. Several Democrats are delaying passage of the bill and the Open App Markets Act (S-2710) (see 2204150040), said Fight for the Future in a new campaign. The organization accused five Democrats of being “shills” for Big Tech: Brian Schatz of Hawaii; Dianne Feinstein and Alex Padilla of California; Margaret Hassan of New Hampshire; and Michael Bennet of Colorado. Their offices didn’t comment.