Tech critics’ hopes for an overhaul of antitrust laws this summer are fading fast after Sen. Amy Klobuchar said the vote will not happen before Congress departs this month.
The Minnesota Democrat shepherded the American Innovation and Choice Online Act through the Senate Judiciary Committee but failed to persuade Democratic leadership to schedule a final vote on the Senate floor.
The bill was designed to stop companies such as Amazon, Apple, Google, and Meta from preferencing their products on their own platforms to the detriment of their competitors.
Ms. Klobuchar told MSNBC’s Symone Sanders in a recent interview that Democrats’ prioritization of the Inflation Reduction Act, a new tax and spending bill, made consideration of the antitrust bill impossible this week, according to CNBC.