Asked about the Senate’s vote, the Chinese foreign ministry referred on Wednesday to comments the ministry made in March when the House of Representatives passed a similar bill. At the time, the ministry criticized the legislation, arguing “though the U.S. has never found any evidence of T...
Legislation forcing ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban in the US has passed the House and is headed for a vote in the Senate.
The Chinese-owned social media app TikTok has been under U.S. government scrutiny for years now. (AP) The agreement cleared the way for the Senate to hold confirmation votes for three Pentagon nominees: Russell Rumbaugh as the Navy’s comptroller in an 80-10 vote on Dec. 20; Agn...
A bill that would force the sale of TikTok from its Chinese owners or see it banned in the United States will move cautiously in the US Senate, key lawmakers said, after it sailed through the House.
TikTok divest-or-ban bill one step from becoming law after sailing through Senate The bill now only needs President Joe Biden's signature to become law Analysis News TikTok plots US court battle as divest-or-ban bill heads for Senate vote (reports) Legislation forcing ByteDance to sell TikTok...
TikTok ban is headed for the Senate. Credit: 5./15 WEST / iStock Unreleased / Getty Images The House of Representatives passed a bill that could ban TikTok in the U.S. on Wednesday with a vote of 352 to 65. Fifty Democrats and 15 Republicans voted against the bill. The bill— "...
"I hope it'll get a vote on the Senate floor," he said. "But, as I have long predicted, it sounds to me now like it's not going to." A TikTok spokesperson said after the House vote that the company was "hopeful that the Senate will consider the facts, listen to their constituen...
The online platform is also facing critics in the United States where a US House panel plans to vote next month on a bill aimed at blocking its use in the US. The commission, approved last night by a conference of th...
The Senate on Friday passed a Republican-led stopgap measure to keep the government funded ahead of a midnight deadline. Mar 16 Schumer to vote for GOP measure to avert government shutdown The Senate plans to take up a House-passed bill to fund the government through September beginning ...
The Senate passed the Laken Riley Act on Monday, with 12 Democrats joining all Republicans to vote for the amended immigration bill. The measure, which would mandate the detention of more undocumented immigrants charged with crimes, now goes to the House, which passed a simi...