A bipartisan group of lawmakers plan to pass a bill this summer that will prohibit platforms like Google and Amazon from giving preference to their own services. But nothing is done on Capitol Hill until it is done
in favor of another one of Buck’s bills—which would strengthen the antitrust enforcement capabilities of state attorneys general—but he hasn’t yet weighed in on the AICO legislation. His office did not respond to a request for comment.
“He’s saying to people like Klobuchar, ‘Hey, Amy, I love this. I want to get it to the floor. Let’s go get 60 votes,’” says a source familiar with the process. “But then there’s a handful enough of senators who are either noncommittal or not engaged or just giving a poker face—so the bill never makes it to the floor.”
“My understanding from Klobuchar is that Schumer has promised to get at least some of these bills through,” the lawmaker said. “But what’s much more interesting is that Pelosi and Schumer are sort of playing this off against each other:But that’s the tough part. Because that’s the Big Tech strategy—to run the clock out.”
The spokesperson also pointed to the senator’s track record of shepherding anti-monopoly nominees and Big Tech antagonists to fill some of the most powerful watchdog roles in the federal government, such as Lina Khan as chair of the Federal Trade Commission and Jonathan Kanter as head of the DOJ’s Antitrust Division. The Senate is also expected to confirm Alvaro Bedoya to the FTC next week.
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