Antitrust Bill Called ‘Grenade’ to Tech Advances in House (2)

The House Judiciary Committee approved an antitrust bill that would force large technology companies like Amazon.com Inc. to exit certain businesses, a signature proposal within a package of measures aimed at reining in the companies and spurring competition in digital markets.

The bill, which advanced Thursday on a bipartisan vote of 21-20, is one of six pieces of legislation moved forward by the committee over a marathon two-day session that would force Amazon, Apple Inc., Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google to radically change their business models.

Taken together, the bills represent the beginnings of an effort in ...