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Senate R&D bill to counter China runs into GOP opposition

by Lisa Mascaro
| May 28, 2021 7:30 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite opposition from a handful of Republicans, a sweeping Senate bill aimed at making the United States more competitive with China and shoring up domestic computer chip manufacturing with $50 billion in emergency funding headed toward final votes Friday after a last-minute attempt to halt it.

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