The explosion of antitrust shows that no technology bill is a sure thing in Congress.

During a tense exchange during a Republican Study Committee session, House Judiciary Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) dismissed the proposal as a gift to an “active extremist” who heads the Federal Trade Commission. Lina KhanHe sees the agency as a “platform for activism,” according to the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private meetings.

the worker, Tyler GrimmIn a recent oversight hearing, Kahn admitted to “recruiting” from Marxist groups and asked how Republicans could provide her with more funding in an effort to bolster Democratic efforts to boost other agencies, such as the Internal Revenue Service.

A senior employee of the Republic Ken Buck (R-Colo.), who has spearheaded a series of bipartisan antitrust bills, including the merger fees proposal, rejected the comments. While Buck has worked to challenge the “status quo” that benefits the tech giants, others have “worked to maintain it,” he said. James Brady, Buck’s chief employee. He argued that Grimm’s criticism was “deeply treasonous” because funds would still have to be given to the agencies later by Congress, according to people familiar with the talks.

The conflict shows that even the most limited bills targeting the tech giants in Washington are not guaranteed to advance because of conflicts on both sides of the aisle.

On the Democratic side, Rep. Zoe Lofgren (California) is whipping up votes on an antitrust package that includes a merger fees bill that would give state attorneys general more leeway over where Supreme Court courts hear federal antitrust cases, two people familiar with the discussions said. who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations.

In a letter late Tuesday, Lofgren urged colleagues to oppose the package because the bill would “affect all types of businesses and have negative consequences for federal courts.” The letter was signed by four other California Democrats: Eric Swalwell, Lou Correa, Scott Peters And Jimmy Panetta.

The blasts came ahead of an expected floor vote on the bill earlier this week, both of which had previously attracted broad bipartisan support and were seen as laughable by lawmakers. The votes could serve as a wake-up call for more powerful antitrust legislation, which has languished for months after moving out of committee in the House and Senate.

House Republican leaders have long opposed more sweeping toll bills that would have prevented the tech giants from subsidizing their own goods. Several judicial Republicans opposed the merger bill in an amendment passed last year.

Critics of the push may undermine more powerful ideas by eroding support for more limited ideas.

The dispute between Jordan and Buck’s offices spilled into the public eye on Tuesday, as the two sides traded barbs on Twitter over the rule.

Spokesmen for Buck and Jordan declined to comment on the personnel exchange. But in an interview Tuesday, Buck said there has been a “healthy debate” on both sides of the aisle over recent antitrust legislation that “allows you to open a lot of bills in this Congress.”

And Republicans have argued that if they take control of the House in the midterm elections, they will have a bigger say in how additional funding from merger fees is spent on agencies. “I think we will have strict control over how the money is used,” Buck said.

Russell DyA Jordan spokeswoman called the proposal “a vehicle to funnel hundreds of millions of dollars to the Biden FTC and DOJ who have been campaigning for capitalism, and something Mr. Jordan is very concerned about.”

The attack line outside Jordan’s office echoes criticism of Khan by tech trade groups like NetChoice, which is funded by Amazon, Google and other giants. (Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post.)

Last year, general counsel for the conservative Townhall news site, NetChoice Carl Szabo An “awakened” Trojan horse lashed out at Khan for pushing “socialist-style rule.”

“This skepticism of free markets—and the skepticism of capitalism—of modern milquetoast Marxism—wanted to be compressed, but it is rotten to the core,” Szabo writes.

Last week, Sen. Marcia Blackburn (R-Tenn.) asked Kahn if he shared the “anti-capitalist views” of two groups he spoke to in July at Yale Law School — the Economic Security Project (ESP) and the Law and Political Economy Project (LPE). ) – seems to refer to Jordan’s partner. (The FTC declined to comment on recent criticism.)

At the hearing, Khan said she did not share any Marxist economic views and instead said she was “very encouraged” by the level of student participation in antitrust enforcement. “Sometimes we do these events to encourage people to come to the FTC,” she said.

Kahn’s increasingly conservative criticism may be weak not only for technology antitrust laws but also for efforts to increase wealth at the FTC.

The White House is set to unveil an executive order on transatlantic data transfers.

The order aims to address longstanding concerns in the European Union about the surveillance practices of US intelligence agencies and outlines heightened security protocols, Politico’s reported. Vincent Manancourt, Alfred Ng, Mark Scott And Eric Geller Report it.

“After the announcement next week, the executive order will begin the process of approval by the European Commission, which will take up to six months,” the report said. So the new Atlantic data deal will be ready around March 2023.

Tech industry officials In 2020, they called for a successor agreement to replace the US-EU Privacy Shield Agreement, which was struck down by European courts. Silicon Valley companies rely on the framework to securely transfer data between the two continents.

Before the test, Musk, Twitter spar on information requests

The two sides are at loggerheads over whether Elon Musk’s legal team should have access to documents that Twitter has filed as protected by attorney-client privilege, The Wall Street Journal reported. Alexa Corse Reports.

Ahead of the highly-anticipated trial of Musk’s bid to buy Twitter, legal teams are mulling the terms of allowing Mr. Musk to include details of Twitter’s Washcala settlement in his argument to drop it. Agreement,” the report said.

A key part of Musk’s argument for overturning the deal is that Twitter has misled him and the public about how it counts fake and spam accounts more widely than the company has allowed. Twitter disputed the talks and called for the deal to end.

Wall Street traders pay $1.8 billion in fines over banned messaging apps (Wall Street Journal).

Tiktok leads the offensive against the loudest critics in DC (Bloomberg).

Tumblr probably won’t lift its profanity ban, but it may be about to (The Verge)

Oracle SEC to settle foreign bribery charges for second time (Wall Street Journal)

Microsoft Unveils Climate Action Goals (Protocol)

Ride-hailing firm Lyft puts the brakes on US hiring amid growing recession fears (Reuters)

Dating Apps Grow in China, But Not Just for Love (New York Times)

Ukraine’s Internet Army of ‘NAFO Fellas’ Fights Russian Trolls and Rewards Donors with Dogs (Wall Street Journal)

• Business Secretary Gina Raimondo And Sameera FaziliThe deputy director of the White House National Economic Council spoke at an event hosted by the Brookings Institution’s Hamilton Project on Technology and Services Sectors.
• Chief Information Security Officer of Microsoft Brett Arsenault. He will talk about cloud innovation and security in a Washington Post live event on Wednesday at 9 a.m
• The House Science Committee holds a hearing on artificial intelligence at 10:30 a.m. Thursday.
• representatives Frank Pallon Jr (DN.J.) and Cathy McMorris Rogers (R-Wash.), the top ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, discussed the privacy law in a Washington Post live event Thursday at 11 a.m.
• Raimondo will discuss semiconductor law at an event hosted by the Global Tech Security Commission on Thursday at 11:15 a.m.

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