Estes Kefauver

Kefauver helped carry the 1950 anti-merger reform through the Senate alongside Celler's work in the House. The amendment made the effects of acquisitions on competition more important than whether companies transferred shares or assets. His inclusion recognises the legislative coalition needed to change enforcement powers. The law's practical reach still depended on agency resources, evidence and judicial interpretation, so stronger statutory wording was a starting point rather than a complete solution.