'If they don't pass, it will be because Joe Biden sat on his hands and Sen. Schumer did a favor for his Big Tech donors/buddies/lobbyist family members.' —fightfortheftr
released Friday by the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen, opponents of the American Innovation and Choice Online Act "spent nearly $277 million on lobbying on all issues, giving them a six-to-one advantage over supporters, which have spent about $45 million."
Furthermore, the report found that"lobbyists opposing AICOA contributed $2.3 million to members of Congress during the 2022 cycle, three times more than supporters."that have been languishing in the Senate for months despite attracting support from Republicans and Democrats. If passed, AICOA would prevent tech platforms such as Amazon from unfairly elevating their own products, an anti-competitive practice known asThe Open App Markets Act , a bill led by Sen. Richard Blumenthal , aims to rein in Apple and Google's
of the mobile app ecosystem, a duopolistic position the companies have used to crush competition and give their own products special treatment.to Big Tech—one of his daughters is a registered lobbyist for Amazon while the other works for Meta—and torrents of campaign cash could imperil the bills' prospects in the Senate.Thursday that the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee , Senate Democrats' campaign arm,"has received bundles of campaign checks from Google lobbyist Michael D.
"Some of the bundled donations were delivered in the third quarter of this year as the bills' sponsors called on Schumer to bring them up for a vote, including donations from Google lobbyist Smith, a member of the DSCC's 'Majority Trust Legacy Circle,' a special category of V.I.P. donors," Shaw and Moore added.Friday that"Big Tech executives specifically targeted [Schumer] over the spring and summer in their successful efforts to delay a floor vote on the bills.
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