Senate Is Poised To Approve A Major Science Funding Bill To Compete With China
The Innovation and Competition Act of 2021 would allocate billions to scientific research and has strong bipartisan support. It could be a game changer for some U.S. cities.
by John Ruwitch
May 27, 2021
3 minutes
The Senate is poised to pass a major bill that would pour hundreds of billions of dollars into science and technology in a bid to out-compete China, and it's doing so with something rare these days: strong bipartisan support.
The Innovation and Competition Act of 2021 is part of a wave of recent China-related proposals in Congress.
Republican Sen. Todd Young of Indiana is one of the act's key sponsors, as is Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who has been leading the charge to
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