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Antitrust
25+ Conservative Groups and Activists Urge Congress to Reject Democrat Antitrust Power-Grab
By: Tom Hebert A coalition of 26 conservative groups and grassroots activists at both the state and federal level released a letter today urging Congress to reject the Democrat antitrust power-grab spearheaded by Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) and organized by far-left Members like Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.). The coalition’s message is clear…
Antitrust
Republicans Should Reject Cicilline Mega-Regulation Antitrust Package
By: Tom Hebert Congressman David Cicilline (D-R.I.) is releasing a package of antitrust bills with several Democrat sponsors that would fundamentally rewrite antitrust law to the detriment of American shoppers. Cicilline is attempting to use conservative anger at Big Tech to persuade Republican lawmakers into giving the Biden Administration nearly…
Labor
Biden Targets American Freelancers In Presidential Budget
By: Tom Hebert President Joe Biden’s $6 trillion budget proposal includes $7.5 billion for “worker protection” efforts, including a new campaign to force independent contractors to reclassify as W-2 employees. This is part of the left’s government-wide, full-court press to destroy the gig economy and force every American to have a…
Labor
Vox Supports ABC Test Despite Firing 200 Freelancers Before It Became Law
By: Joseph Murgida Vox Media recently published an article advocating for the ABC test to ensure “fairer conditions” for gig workers that are classified as independent contractors. In its so-called “analysis,” Vox ignores that the ABC test remains broadly unpopular among California’s independent contractors, and that a national ABC…
Labor
Labor Secretary Walsh’s Threat to Independent Contractors Will Harm Working Families and Small Businesses
By: Joseph Murgida The COVID-19 Pandemic has taken a sledgehammer to the American economy. This past Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that last month only 266,000 jobs were created, falling over 86% below some estimations of a 2,000,000-plus increase in job growth. The last thing…
Labor
OOPS: Every House Democrat Endorsed By U.S. Chamber Voted for Job-Killing Biden Bucks
By: Tom Hebert The U.S. economy added an anemic 266,000 jobs in April and the unemployment rate rose to 6.1 percent, a far cry from Dow Jones estimates which predicted 1 million new jobs and an unemployment rate of 5.8 percent. The U.S. Chamber of Congress, the world’s largest pro-business trade…
Antitrust
Republicans should continue to champion the consumer welfare standard
Originally Published in the Washington Examiner on May 03, 2021 03:03 PM By: Grover Norquist Conservatives are understandably concerned about Big Tech censorship, with some looking to use antitrust law to “break up” companies they don’t like. Politicizing the antitrust enforcement process would only play into the Left’s hands. It…
Antitrust
Antitrust proposal would empower bureaucrats and greedy trial lawyers
Originally Published in The Hill on 5/31/21 01:01 PM EDT By: Tom Hebert The Democratic Party is attempting to weaponize antitrust law to reshape the economy and punish successful American companies for political gain. To that end, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) has introduced the “Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement…