{"id":56379,"date":"2023-02-06T13:58:02","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T21:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=56379"},"modified":"2023-02-06T15:58:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T23:58:26","slug":"schumer-pressed-on-antitrust-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=56379","title":{"rendered":"SCHUMER PRESSED ON ANTITRUST BILLS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Majority Leader\u00a0Charles Schumer\u00a0(D-N.Y.) is facing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nxslink.thehill.com\/click\/30473133.22106\/aHR0cHM6Ly90aGVoaWxsLmNvbS9wb2xpY3kvdGVjaG5vbG9neS8zODQ1NDg1LXNjaHVtZXItdW5kZXItcHJlc3N1cmUtdG8tcmVpbi1pbi1iaWctdGVjaC8_ZW1haWw9YjBiZWZiMmRhZmNlM2E4N2U3ZjEzNmJiMDY1NGRmMDUzZjg0NTNhYyZlbWFpbGE9MWEyNzU3ZTM1ODAwMWJhMjYzMThiMDJiODZmNDEzMTEmZW1haWxiPWMxYjU4OTFlYzgyZGUwOWRiY2Y5NzNhZDQ5NTQ2MDMyZWNlNzk1MGZiM2E3ZTdjYTg2ZGQ5Y2ZjY2FiZTY5YjgmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1TYWlsdGhydSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj0wMi4wNi4yMyUyMEVNJTIwVGhlJTIwSGlsbCUyMC0lMjBIaWxsaWNvbiUyMFZhbGxleQ\/6230d8c8b246d104952dff9aB6544b681\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/nxslink.thehill.com\/click\/30473133.22106\/aHR0cHM6Ly90aGVoaWxsLmNvbS9wb2xpY3kvdGVjaG5vbG9neS8zODQ1NDg1LXNjaHVtZXItdW5kZXItcHJlc3N1cmUtdG8tcmVpbi1pbi1iaWctdGVjaC8_ZW1haWw9YjBiZWZiMmRhZmNlM2E4N2U3ZjEzNmJiMDY1NGRmMDUzZjg0NTNhYyZlbWFpbGE9MWEyNzU3ZTM1ODAwMWJhMjYzMThiMDJiODZmNDEzMTEmZW1haWxiPWMxYjU4OTFlYzgyZGUwOWRiY2Y5NzNhZDQ5NTQ2MDMyZWNlNzk1MGZiM2E3ZTdjYTg2ZGQ5Y2ZjY2FiZTY5YjgmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1TYWlsdGhydSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj0wMi4wNi4yMyUyMEVNJTIwVGhlJTIwSGlsbCUyMC0lMjBIaWxsaWNvbiUyMFZhbGxleQ\/6230d8c8b246d104952dff9aB6544b681&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1675811352725000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2CNB92f7O6gIW96vYU2xvw\">renewed pressure<\/a>\u00a0from advocacy groups to prioritize antitrust bills targeting tech giants this Congress.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>More than 20 organizations led by Demand Progress, an advocacy group aimed at advancing competition in the tech sector, sent a letter to Schumer on Monday pressing him to prioritize two key antitrust bills.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Both measures passed the House and Senate Judiciary committees with bipartisan support but did not become law.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The proposals target the nation\u2019s four largest tech companies, Meta, Apple, Alphabet and Amazon. They faced fierce pushback from the companies and industry groups that represent the companies, which spent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nxslink.thehill.com\/click\/30473133.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\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/nxslink.thehill.com\/click\/30473133.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&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1675811352725000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0UCkSmo7LAu1yj_vLgI2Fr\">millions of dollars<\/a>\u00a0to oppose the bills.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The industry also fought the proposals with aggressive advertisement campaigns arguing the proposals would dismantle services consumers enjoy and lead to security concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Majority Leader\u00a0Charles Schumer\u00a0(D-N.Y.) is facing\u00a0renewed&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56379"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56380,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56379\/revisions\/56380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}