{"id":1902642,"date":"2023-03-22T05:42:06","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T09:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/excess-chips-gop-senators-say-biden-pushing-unrelated-agenda-in-semiconductor-law\/"},"modified":"2023-03-22T05:43:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T09:43:49","slug":"excess-chips-gop-senators-say-biden-pushing-unrelated-agenda-in-semiconductor-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/excess-chips-gop-senators-say-biden-pushing-unrelated-agenda-in-semiconductor-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Excess CHIPS: GOP senators say Biden pushing unrelated agenda in semiconductor law"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexcess-chips-gop-senators-say-biden-pushing-unrelated-agenda-in-semiconductor-law%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1902642&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_79411726\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">\n                <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Taiwan president to visit US, Biden administration tells China not to overreact\"><br \/>\n                <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"As Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen plans to visit Guatemala and Belize and stop in the United States along the way, the Biden administration...><br \/>\n                <meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M5S\"><br \/>\n                <meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-03-21 15:14:25\"><br \/>\n                <meta itemprop=\"thumbnailURL\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/snapshot\/1266539_th_1679411711.jpg\"><br \/>\n                <meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/sd\/1266539.mp4\">\n            <\/div>\n<p>            <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> var _bp=_bp||[]; _bp.push({ \"div\": \"Brid_79411726\", \"obj\": {\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"16\",\"height\":\"9\",\"video\":\"1266539\"} }); <\/script><br \/>\n            <script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n        <br \/>\n        <span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">C<\/span>ompanies can now compete for billions of dollars in government aid aimed at boosting American semiconductor manufacturing. However, the Biden administration requires companies to go through a lengthy process to qualify for funding. Companies that want to avail the $39 billion fund will have to provide details about childcare, unions, profit-sharing beyond a certain threshold with the government, and domestic suppliers.<\/p>\n<p>\n        Republican senators, who assisted in the passage of the CHIPS and Science Act, criticized these provisions announced by the Biden administration late in February. In a letter, Senators Steve Daines, Thom Tillis, Bill Cassidy, and John Cornyn urged Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to remove the costly mandates which, according to them, represent significant federal intervention in the private sector and undermine the bill&#8217;s primary purpose of making American computer chip manufacturing competitive. They argued that these regulations go beyond the law&#8217;s intent and reduce American jobs and high-tech investments.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n        Raimondo, on the other hand, has been vocal about her intentions to go beyond the Congress&#8217;s intentions. She said, &#8220;If Congress wasn&#8217;t going to do what they should have done, we&#8217;re going to do it in implementation.&#8221;\n    <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here&#8217;s the truth: CHIPS won\u2019t be successful unless we expand the labor force.<\/p>\n<p>We can\u2019t do that without affordable child care.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why we\u2019re requiring companies that receive funding to tell us how they plan to provide affordable child care for workers. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8fTObAkjU7\">https:\/\/t.co\/8fTObAkjU7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Secretary Gina Raimondo (@SecRaimondo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecRaimondo\/status\/1630252274613387266?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2023<\/a>\n            <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n        Critics assert that this is not what Congress had intended. Worse, the added costs and red tape undercut the bill&#8217;s objective of making American chip manufacturing more competitive. Taxpayers support chip subsidies because they want semiconductors, not childcare, according to Scott Lincicome, director of general economics at the libertarian-leaning Cato Institute.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n        Applications will be accepted later this month, but it is unknown when awards will be given. The $280 billion CHIPS and Science Act was passed with a vote of 64-33 in the Senate, with 17 Republicans assisting in passing it. Republicans who voted &#8216;yea&#8217; wrote a letter to Secretary Raimondo calling to remove costly mandates that threaten the expansion of America&#8217;s semiconductor manufacturing capacity and job creation in the country.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n        President Joe Biden sold the bill as a way to compete with China and boost manufacturing in the electorally important Midwest. However, since then, requirements that undermine the objectives of the bill have been rolled out. There is some indication that the chip shortage that the bill was intended to alleviate is beginning to subside. Nonetheless, a wide range of companies, including labor unions, social media company Snap, heating and air conditioning firms, and FedEx, have hired lobbyists to try to get a piece of the billions on offer, according to Politico.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n        American Action Forum President Douglas Holtz-Eakin argues that the Biden administration, by imposing unrelated policies, is setting itself up for another courtroom showdown with its after-the-fact actions, joining litigation the White House has faced on COVID-19 mask and vaccine mandates, Title 42, evictions, and student loans. Holtz-Eakin said, &#8220;There is no disciplined thinking in the administration. They try to do everything with everything, and as a result, they accomplish much less.&#8221;\n    <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8216;Read More From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/excess-chips-biden\">&#8220;Excess CHIPS: GOP senators say Biden pushing unrelated agenda in semiconductor law&#8221;<\/a>&#8216;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Companies will soon be able to bid on billions of government dollars intended to boost American semiconductor manufacturing, but the Biden administration will make them jump through a lot of hoops to land them. 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