TikTok ban Bill could be fast-tracked ahead of US House votes on Ukraine, Israel aid

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The measure, if approved by the House of Representatives, is expected to be quickly passed by the Senate and then signed into law by President Joe Biden.

While the TikTok ban Bill sailed through the US House of Representatives last month, the Senate had declined to fast-track it. or see it banned in the United States could get a big push as divestiture legislation has been tabled with a raft of foreign aid Bills for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan that will come up for votes in the House of Representatives on Saturday .

The speaker will almost certainly need Democratic support on the procedural manoeuvres to advance his complex plan of holding separate votes on each of the aid Bills. Hardline Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene on Wednesday reiterated her threat to try to remove him. Analysis: TikTok's potential US ban raises prospect of China retaliation but fallout would be limitedDemocratic and Republican lawmakers – as well as law enforcement and intelligence officials – have long expressed concerns that Chinese authorities could force ByteDance to hand over data on the 170 million Americans who use TikTok.

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