A year of congressional gridlock appeared to give way Tuesday, with the U.S. Senate voting overwhelmingly in favor of a $52 billion package of incentives for domestic semiconductor manufacturing and research.
“We’re hoping to finish this week. I think we’ve made the case that this is priority national security and economic security business,” Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, said in an interview Wednesday. Wyden has sponsored prior iterations of the bill and chairs the powerful Senate Finance Committee.
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