Senators push for free world to coordinate tech policy to counter China Follow Us
Question of the Day In this file photo, Committee Chairman Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., left, and vice chairman Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., arrive for a Senate Select Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing on Feb. 24, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Mr. Warner and Mr. . more > By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times - Friday, March 5, 2021
A bipartisan group of senators wants a new alliance with democratic countries to develop rules of the road in tech to counter China’s dominance in artificial intelligence, 5G, and quantum computing.
Eight senators proposed the Democracy Technology Partnership Act to establish a new agency within the State Department to develop international standards for tech, including investment screening and guidelines for research and development. The act wo
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Reid was afraid that these
threatened filibusters would actually take place and would slow down the work of the Senate too much. He therefore set out to formulate legislation that would have the support of 60 Senators the number necessary to stop a filibuster under Rule XXII, or cloture. He sought legislation that he thought would be filibuster proof before he would introduce it.
In essence, by simply threatening to filibuster, McConnell was able to block legislation without lifting a finger. No Republican senator had to make the effort of standing on the Senate floor filibustering for days and the public had no idea why nothing was getting done.
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Nobody is counting either of them out at the moment, as both Cuomo and Newsom have clawed their way back from the political abyss before Newsom from personal scandals as San Francisco mayor, Cuomo from ethical lapses as governor that resulted in his allies going to prison. But the realities of the #MeToo era for Cuomo and a pandemic that has brought voters to the brink may have made obsolete the playbooks that worked so well for the men in the past. Calling in political favors, circling wagons inside the party and public displays of contrition are less potent tools than they once were.