House Passes Chips Bill as Republicans Air Soft-on-China Gripes

The House passed an expansive bill that would invest tens of billions in the U.S. tech sector, but Republican objections that it’s too weak on China threaten what Democrats hoped would be a quick election-year win.

The bill started as a bipartisan push to bolster U.S. manufacturing and research, and ease the dependence on China for semiconductors, but it became mired in long-standing partisanship over U.S. policy on China.

The 222-210 vote, coming as the Winter Olympics opened in Beijing, fell mostly along party lines. Yet the final version of the legislation still has to be negotiated with the Senate ...