{"id":543150,"date":"2021-05-27T15:20:35","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T19:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=543150"},"modified":"2021-05-27T15:20:43","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T19:20:43","slug":"senate-advances-bill-to-combat-china-after-multi-hour-deliberations-secure-gop-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-advances-bill-to-combat-china-after-multi-hour-deliberations-secure-gop-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Advances Bill To Combat China After Multi-Hour Deliberations Secure GOP Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fsenate-advances-bill-to-combat-china-after-multi-hour-deliberations-secure-gop-support%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=543150&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--><p>The Senate advanced a bill to increase American competitiveness against China Thursday, clearing the 60-vote threshold needed to limit debate after multi-hour, last-minute deliberations brought Republicans on board and kept the legislation from being blocked.<\/p>\n<p>The bill, titled the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/senate-bill\/1260\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">United States Innovation and Competition Act<\/a> and led by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Indiana Sen. Todd Young, his GOP co-sponsor, is intended to increase economic <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/18\/joe-biden-subpoena-commerce-department-chinese-tech-firms-donald-trump-executive-order\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pressure<\/a> on China while aiding the U.S. in the race to produce high-power computer chips and other <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/06\/semiconductors-microchips-intel-technology-china-manufacturing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">essential digital infrastructure<\/a>. It passed 68 to 30.<\/p>\n<p>Though the bill passed and has widespread bipartisan support, it seemed to be in danger of failure Thursday after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell suggested that Republicans could block it due to the lack of GOP amendments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s nothing unusual about a minority party denying cloture until they get more amendment votes,\u201d McConnell said on the Senate floor.<\/p>\n<p>The bill looked to be doomed as the vote progressed, with nearly every Republican opposing it. Over two hours in, however, Schumer reportedly reached an agreement with Idaho Republican Sen. Mike Crapo, allowing an additional vote on his bipartisan amendment that extends trade preferences and tariff relief with China. Schumer had originally excluded it, saying that it was not relevant to the broader bill.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7201376\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"32\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7201376\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7201376 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1320043495-1-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Capitol Hill Tuesday. (Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1320043495-1-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1320043495-1-164x120.jpg 164w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1320043495-1-620x452-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1320043495-1-768x560-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1320043495-1-1536x1121-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1320043495-1-2048x1494-1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1320043495-1-70x52.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7201376\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Capitol Hill Tuesday. (Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the days leading up to the vote, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle filed hundreds of amendments seeking to change certain provisions, some of which were voted on and adopted Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>One <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSanders\/status\/1396856598283366403\">amendment<\/a> from Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders sought to ensure that chip manufacturers did not buy back their own stock or increase executive pay with the $53 billion the bill allots them. Another sought to eliminate a $10 billion lunar-landing effort that would have likely benefited Blue Origin, a space company run by Jeff Bezos.<\/p>\n<p>An additional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubio.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm\/2021\/5\/rubio-colleagues-push-amendment-to-protect-american-research-from-china\">amendment<\/a> filed by Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio sought to ensure that the research and technology funded by American dollars did not ultimately benefit Chinese companies.<strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/15\/china-competition-bipartisan-bill-advanced-technologies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Senators Alarmed At Chinese Dominance Pitch $100 Billion Investment In Tech, Robotics)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The bill\u2019s advancement means that the Senate will vote on additional amendments before its final passage. The Senate, however, is out of session Friday and all of next week for Memorial Day, meaning that a final vote may not come until June 7.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate advanced a bill to increase American competitiveness against China Thursday, clearing the 60-vote threshold needed to limit debate after multi-hour, last-minute deliberations brought Republicans on board and kept &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2313297,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1320043495-1-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Senate Advances Bill To Combat China After Multi-Hour Deliberations Secure GOP Support","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-543150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1320043495-1-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Senate Advances Bill To Combat China After Multi-Hour Deliberations Secure GOP Support","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=543150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2313297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}