The Senate confirmed Lina Khan for a seat on the Federal Trade Commission, giving Democrats at least a temporary majority that could pursue aggressive enforcement of U.S. antitrust and consumer-protection laws
WASHINGTON—The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Lina Khan for a seat on the Federal Trade Commission, giving Democrats at least a temporary majority that could pursue aggressive enforcement of U.S. antitrust and consumer-protection laws.a vocal critic of powerful technology companies
, was confirmed on a 69-28 vote. She has been the leader of a progressive movement that favors far-reaching changes to antitrust enforcement, saying the current decadeslong approach has done too little to restrain corporate dominance and stop mergers that have eroded competition. The vote was bipartisan, with 21 Republicans voting for Ms. Khan at a time when many in the GOP have argued the government should do more to rein in dominant tech firms. Still, some Republicans have criticized her approach as too interventionist and potentially burdensome for other industries.
Ms. Khan has reserved her deepest criticisms for dominant tech companies, especially Amazon.com Inc., the subject of a widely read law-review article she wrote while at Yale Law School that argued that antitrust law has failed to restrain the online retailer. She also served as a key staffer on a House antitrust panel that conducted a 16-month investigation of large online platforms and last year recommended that lawmakers take steps to rein them in.
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