WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden traveled to Ohio on Friday for the groundbreaking of Intel’s new semiconductor manufacturing facility near Columbus, where he highlighted planned projects and the law he signed that boosts computer chip production. “The industrial Midwest is back,” Biden said in a speech, arguing that the package, […]
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WASHINGTON — The Senate approved a sweeping package Wednesday to boost domestic production of computer chips and help the U.S. stay competitive with China. The 64-33 vote was a rare bipartisan victory a little more than three months before the crucial November midterms; 17 Republicans joined all Democratic-voting senators in […]
By KEVIN FREKINGAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill designed to encourage more semiconductor companies to build chip plants in the United States passed the Senate on Wednesday as lawmakers raced to finish work on a key priority of the Biden administration. The $280 billion measure, which awaits a House […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Calling semiconductors “the building blocks for the modern economy,” President Joe Biden on Monday asked Congress to move quickly and send him a bipartisan bill designed to boost the computer chips industry and high-tech research in the United States. The Senate was originally expected to take a […]
Schumer’s move comes as the Biden administration blitzes Capitol Hill, pushing for standalone legislation to boost computer chip production. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, in particular, has been urging lawmakers to jettison the broader China-focused legislation that the chips funding had been paired with, and act on the chips portion alone […]