The White House plans to push for antitrust legislation in the post-midterms lame duck session, perhaps a final shot for AICOA, Open App Markets Act, and others
Bills are stalled after $100 million lobbying https://www.bloomberg.com/... // the bills couldn't possibly be stalled because they are a bad idea. Emily Birnbaum / @birnbaum_e : The White House tells ...
US congressional aides say TikTok representatives have largely ignored Republican lawmakers, which could have serious consequences if the GOP retakes the House
Bloomberg : Tweets: @business , @matt_schrader_ , @rmac18 , @caseymlewis , and @birnbaum_e Tweets: @business : TikTok is stepping up its charm offensive in D.C., but is sidestepping its loudest Repub...
Sources: a bipartisan bill that would stop platforms from favoring their own products is facing resistance from some Senate Democrats worried about the midterms
Politico : Tweets: @mpetricone , @adamcancryn , @tomhebertdc , @johndavisson , @adamcancryn , @karlbode , @reckless , @zacharyleelee , @pathedger18 , @senatorshoshana , @tomhebertdc , @birnbaum_e , @...
Amazon spent a record $20.3M and Meta a record $20.1M on US federal lobbying in 2021, both up ~7% YoY; Google spent $9.6M, up 27%; Apple spending fell to $6.5M
NOTE: Figures on this page are calculations by OpenSecrets based on data … Mike Peterson / AppleInsider : Amazon, Meta set lobbying spending records in 2021 as Apple's decreased Aaron Sankin / The Mar...
Biden's $2T infrastructure proposal allocates $50B for creating a technology directorate at the NSF and $50B for funding semiconductor manufacturing and R&D
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As part of the $1.9T American Rescue Plan, Congress voted to give $1B to the Technology Modernization Fund, focusing on improving government IT systems
Emily Birnbaum / Protocol : Tweets: @protocol , @issielapowsky , @birnbaum_e , @brfreed , and @birnbaum_e Tweets: @protocol : The American Rescue Plan just injected an unprecedented sum of $1 billion...
Biden's COVID-19 relief bill earmarks $9B to beef up the CISA and $200M to hire technology and cyber experts to support the federal CISO and US Digital Service
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Ajit Pai says he won't move forward with rule-making on Section 230 and that he won't “second-guess” Facebook and Twitter's decision to bar Trump from posting
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After Democrats won both of Georgia's Senate seats, a look at potential tech legislation under a unified government, including a federal privacy bill
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is tying the fate of $2,000 stimulus checks to the repeal of Section 230
in a Bill That Would Also Eliminate Section 230 Dell Cameron / Gizmodo : McConnell Doesn't Care About Section 230 or the Election—Just Keeping Your Relief Check Small Tweets: Donald J. Trump / @realdo...