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Briefly, H.R. 1022 would have encouraged and coordinated gov efforts to minimize dependence on China as a supplier of "energy critical elements".
A majority of the House voted for the bill, but House leadership set it up for failure by requiring a two-thirds vote to pass. It was voted on "under suspension of the rules" requiring the two-thirds instead of the normal majority.
The reason? Heritage Foundation and Club for Growth objected to our government helping American companies compete with China. They said that the American government securing necessary materials for American companies to manufacture is "interference with the free market."
A majority of the House voted for the bill, but House leadership set it up for failure by requiring a two-thirds vote to pass. It was voted on "under suspension of the rules" requiring the two-thirds instead of the normal majority.
The reason? Heritage Foundation and Club for Growth objected to our government helping American companies compete with China. They said that the American government securing necessary materials for American companies to manufacture is "interference with the free market."