Antitrust

Antitrusts are a set of laws and regulations designed to keep businesses from monopolizing a market and encourage fair competition in a free market. Currently, there is a bipartisan push to have massive online platforms sued for monopolizing their respective markets.
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Vice President Joseph Biden
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God Help Us If Joe Biden's Platform Turns Out to Be All Talk

Yahoo! News , 1 week ago
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Vice President Joseph Biden received from Communications Workers of America: $7.5k, Amalgamated Transit Union: $5k, International Assn of Fire Fighters: $5k, plus $6.8k from others on Antitrust
Rep. Val Demings
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Ohio Gov. DeWine, Rep. Demings call for peaceful protests

ABC , 1 week ago
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Rep. Val Demings received from National Beer Wholesalers Assn: $17.5k, Charter Communications: $17.5k, American Assn for Justice: $16k, plus $67.2k from others on Antitrust
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Rep. Val Demings is on the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law
Rep. Ilhan Omar
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AGAINST on Antitrust

GOP candidate Marjorie Greene faces backlash over image of herself holding gun alongside The Squad

Fox News , 2 weeks ago
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Rep. Ilhan Omar received from American Federation of Teachers: $15k, National Education Assn: $7k, Air Line Pilots Assn: $5.5k, plus $14k from others on Antitrust
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Rep. Matt Gaetz
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TWEETS on Antitrust

Big tech thinks it's their societal responsibility to think for us. https://t.co/W0QNfMPZz3 https://t.co/3YPGMkIE6d

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Rep. Matt Gaetz received from National Beer Wholesalers Assn: $10k, Charter Communications: $6k, Walmart Inc: $4.5k, plus $18.5k from others on Antitrust
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Rep. Matt Gaetz is on the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law
Andrew Yang
TWEETS on Antitrust

The family game of quarantine for me has been Monopoly Deal.

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Senator Joshua Hawley
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TWEETS on Antitrust

The American people are tired of Big Tech having all the power and them having none. And we're demanding change. Sen. Hawley's Limiting Section 230 Immunity to Good Samaritans Act would allow Americans to sue Big Tech for censoring political speech or hiding competitor content. https://t.co/YPfB5NG0rq

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Senator Joshua Hawley received from Asian American Hotel Owners Assn: $15k, Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America: $5k, Caterpillar Inc: $5k, plus $17k from others on Antitrust
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Senator Joshua Hawley is on the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights
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DETAILS:

FOR Republicans

While Republicans traditionally support Big Business as part of the Free Market, there is a rising interest in breaking up large platforms that dominate their markets like Amazon and Facebook. Some would like active measures to breakup these big businesses, while others support a change in regulations first.

FOR Democrats

While democrats traditionally support antitrust measures against big business, there is a divide regarding current online powerhouses like Amazon and Facebook. Some would like active measures to breakup these big businesses, while others support a change in regulations first.

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  • National Beer Wholesalers Assn
  • National Air Traffic Controllers Assn
  • Deloitte LLP
  • Credit Union National Assn
  • National Multifamily Housing Council
  • Charter Communications
  • American Assn for Justice
  • National Assn of Home Builders
  • American Federation of Teachers
  • Air Line Pilots Assn