Manchin’s Build Back Better Battle Could Sink Restoring FTC Monetary Relief Authority
Executive Summary
Members of Congress in favor of giving FTC authority to impose monetary relief orders against firms linked to false advertising likely were caught off guard when West Virginia Democrat said he wouldn’t vote for legislation with $2.2 trillion for climate change, tax and social programs that President Biden made a primary plank of his Capitol Hill strategy and that the House passed in November.
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