Members of the House judiciary committee on Thursday approved all six bills included in an antitrust package seeking to limit the power of major technology companies.
After about 23 hours of debate beginning Wednesday, lawmakers advanced the final of the six bills in a 21-20 vote on Thursday with two
The bill passed on Thursday would grant federal regulators the ability to sue to break up large tech companies whose roles as operators of a platform present "an irreconcilable conflict of interest" in other lines of business.
It places pressure on companies such as Amazon and
Other bills included in the package would seek to keep large tech companies from purchasing rising competitors, giving their own products and services preferences over their competitors, and make it easier for products from different companies to work together.
Judiciary antitrust subcommittee Chairman
"Amazon,
The debate dredged up conflict within the parties as a group of bipartisan
"The package poses harm to American consumers and the
Lofgren said the package would "metaphorically take a grenade and just roll it into the tech economy and just blow it up, and see what happens" while Rep.
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