House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has not yet committed to bringing a Senate-passed bill to the House which seeks to prohibit Chinese-owned video app TikTok on government devices.
“We’re checking with the administration—just in terms of language—not in terms of being opposed to the idea,” Pelosi told reporters on Thursday, according to Reuters. “I don’t know that that will be on the agenda next week, but it’s very, very important.”
House minority leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has called on Pelosi to allow a vote on the bill immediately. The Senate bill must be approved by the House before next week when the congressional session comes to an end. Only then will the bill be sent to President Joe Biden for consideration….