In Foley Square, ready to fight for reproductive rights.
The United States Senate finished voting on “motions to instruct” for Conference Committee conferees on the United States Innovation and Competition Act/America COMPETES Act semiconductor, innovation, and competition legislation working its way through Congress before leaving Washington last week. That means the Conference Committee—featuring more than 100 lawmakers—will meet this Thursday, May 12. The $250 billion package is intended to boost American research and manufacturing to better compete with China’s growing strength in high-tech industries. Last week in Ohio, President Joe Biden continued to push Congress to pass the legislation. “We’ve gotta up our game.”
Back in New York…
-Jack O’Donnell
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