“If it does come up for a vote in the Senate, it’ll have to pass, because you just can’t have a bill like this out there being tough on China where you don’t get enough members”

Chuck Schumer facing intense pressure as House overwhelmingly passes bill to force TikTok sale

By News on the Net -- New York Post —— Bio and Archives March 13, 2024

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) will face intense pressure to hold a vote on TikTok’s future in the coming days after House lawmakers overwhelmingly voted to pass a bipartisan bill that could result in an outright ban of the popular China-owned video sharing app, sources told The Post.

Schumer has yet to reveal if he will hold a Senate vote on the bill – which forces TikTok’s China-based parent company ByteDance to divest within six months or be banned in the US. ---More...

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