Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) raised concerns Monday that a dwindling House GOP majority due to multiple vacancies could hurt the caucus’ prospects and may even lead to Democrats taking over the chamber. Republicans currently hold a 218-213 majority in the House after former Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo) left office on Friday. With Rep. Mike Gallagher … Read more
A committee in the US House of Representatives advanced two bipartisan bills on Thursday that would compel ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, to divest the short video sharing app, and require data brokers to prevent personal data collected on the app from being sold to foreign adversaries. Both bills, which were introduced Tuesday, passed … Read more
Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers, the House energy committee chair and a Republican from Washington, announced a committee mark-up for the bill on Thursday, which will be preceded by a hearing on legislative efforts to protect US data and national security from foreign adversaries. Similar attempts to ban TikTok or force divestiture from its Chinese owners … Read more
