A bill to boost semiconductor production in the U.S. has managed to unite Sen. Bernie Sanders and the fiscally conservative right. It’s the latest example of how spending taxpayer dollars to help the private sector can scramble usual partisan lines.
Sanders said he doesn’t hear from people about the need to help the semiconductor industry. Voters talk to him about climate change, gun safety, preserving a woman’s right to an abortion and boosting Social Security benefits, to name just a few.
While Sanders would like the see the spending directed elsewhere, several GOP senators just want the spending stopped, period. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, said the spending would help fuel inflation that is hurting the poor and middle class. The opposition from the far left and the far right means that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., will need help from Republicans to get a bill over the finish line. Support from at least 11 Republican senators will be needed to overcome a filibuster. A final vote on the bill is expected in the coming week.Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, is among the likely Republican supporters.
“My fear is that more and more companies will locate their manufacturing facilities in other countries and that we will be increasingly vulnerable,” said Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine.
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