Democrats Brawl Over Antitrust Measures

The Intercept: “A Congressional Progressive Caucus meeting on Tuesday broke out into a furious argument over the House’s package of antitrust legislation, pitting Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), whose district encompasses a large part of Silicon Valley, against the authors of the series of six bills moving through the chamber.”

“The argument began when Lofgren, one of the most senior Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee and an opponent of the legislation, noted that she had raised an extraordinary amount of money from Silicon Valley companies over the years, but because she ran in a safe blue district, she hadn’t spent any of it on her own campaign since 1996 and instead distributed it widely to other campaigns.”

Playbook: “Multiple members were floored that Lofgren would mention Big Tech’s financial support at all during the discussion, though some took her remarks as a prebuttal of accusations that she’s in the pocket of the industry.”