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Vice President Kamala Harris plans stops in the swing state of Michigan on Monday to highlight big federal investments in manufacturing jobs that former President Donald Trump has recently panned.

 — a bipartisan bill that's pouring $54 billion into the semiconductor manufacturing industry to try to bring back an industry that is dominated by Taiwan, South Korea and China.

Harris plans to visit an assembly line at a Saginaw plant owned by Corning that makes polysilicon used in semiconductors. The plant received $325 million in CHIPS funding. She also plans to tour a union training facility in Macomb County, her campaign told reporters.

Investments from the CHIPS Act have supported massive expansions of the semiconductor industry in 

 — another swing state — as well as other regions of the country. The 

 the projects backed by CHIPS funding have helped create more than 115,000 jobs.

On Friday, Trump blasted the law during a lengthy interview on 

 "That chip deal is so bad, Trump said on the podcast, saying the subsidies went to "rich companies."

Trump said he could have imposed tariffs to get more companies to build the facilities in the United States.

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Asma Khalid

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In the waning days of the 2024 presidential election, even the bipartisan bill that's pouring $54 billion into the semiconductor manufacturing industry has become a political issue.

Trump panned the CHIPS Act. Harris is in Michigan promoting it

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