MAIN STREET COMPETITION COALITION

HCR · Health Issues

Consolidation and vertical integration in healthcare and pharmacy markets, including pharmacy benefit managers; pharmacy benefit manager reform; competition in health insurance markets.

BUD · Budget/Appropriations

Implementation of the FY26 FSGG Appropriations bill, including Federal Trade Commission report language on competition in the food, pharmacy and retail sectors and FTC resources for Robinson-Patman Act enforcement. Funding of the Department of Justice Antitrust Division, including federal appropriations in addition to merger filing-fee receipts and treatment of estimated fee collections in the Division's budget.

SMB · Small Business

Support for HR 8882, the Main Street Competes Act

Literal federal measure citations: HR 8882

LBR · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

H.R. 8184/S.4147 - Fair Prices for Local Businesses Act. Enforcement of the Robinson-Patman Act and federal antitrust enforcement addressing retail buyer power affecting independent businesses, including competition in retail meat purchasing and the Department of Justice beef and meat-pricing investigation as it relates to major retailers. Proposed protections for small businesses and agricultural producers against retaliation and forced arbitration. Congressional oversight of Federal Trade Commission antitrust enforcement. Consolidation in agricultural input markets, including seed. HR 8882 - The Main Street Competes Act. Implementation of the FY 27 FSGG Appropriations bill. Expiration of the 2017 consent decree from the merger between Anheuser Busch and SAB Miller.

Literal federal measure citations: H.R. 8184, S.4147, HR 8882

AGR · Agriculture

Competition, consolidation, and buyer power in agricultural markets, including agricultural inputs such as seed, fertilizer, and crop protection