TikTok ban pushed by Missouri's Hawley blocked in Senate
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley tried to force a Senate vote Wednesday on legislation that would ban TikTok from operating in the United States, but he was blocked by a fellow Republican as lawmakers in both chambers are still trying to figure out what action, if any, is appropriate agai…
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Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky objected to Hawley’s motion, arguing that trying to ban an app would violate the Constitution and anger millions of voters.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley tried to force a Senate vote Wednesday on legislation that would ban TikTok from operating in the United States, but he was blocked by a fellow Republican as lawmakers in both chambers are still trying to figure out what action, if any, is appropriate agai…
Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul rejected Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley’s request for unanimous consent to pass a bill banning TikTok on Wednesday. Hawley’s bill, the No TikTok On United States Devices Act, would require the president to ban TikTok and its parent company ByteDance from cond…
In trying to force a vote — a move that rarely works in the Senate, since one senator’s objection can block it — Hawley called TikTok “digital fentanyl.”
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