Progressives pressure Schumer to call a vote on tech antitrust bills
by Makena Kelly from The Verge - All Posts on (#61PD9)
Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images With a months-long recess on the horizon, House progressives are urging Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to act fast on two competition bills that would better equip antitrust enforcers to take on major tech firms.
In a letter sent to Schumer on Friday, more than a dozen Congressional Progressive Caucus leaders urged the Senate majority leader to schedule a vote on two bills in the coming weeks.
It is time for Congress to vote on this legislation," the lawmakers wrote. These bills are ready for a vote and we urge you to schedule the vote on them in the next few weeks."
The bills - the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICO) and Open Markets Act -were introduced on the heels of a 16-month long congressional investigation...