White House calls out Cornyn for holding competition bill ‘hostage,’ but is he?

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), one of the leading sponsors of legislation crafted to boost U.S. semiconductor development, has joined Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in holding funding for that bill’s programs “hostage,” the White House press secretary charged on Wednesday. One problem: Cornyn says the White House is “confused.” And his office won’t elaborate. This takes some unpacking. The dispute began when Cornyn commented on a Punchbowl News tweet on Wednesday about the Senate’s U.S. Innovation and Competition Act,...