Congress was able to pass a few small yet significant pieces of technology-related legislation amid growing populist hostility toward Big Tech from the Left over profit margins and the Right over culture war issues.

Whether it is the need to improve the United States’s ability to create semiconductors or restrict TikTok’s data access, the House and the Senate have had a few successful bills that affected the industry. There were also efforts to pass larger legislative changes organized by Big Tech critics that stalled or were fended off by lobbyists and tech advocates.
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