Pelosi Backs Adding Bill Banning TikTok from U.S. Government Devices to Spending Bill

Pelosi’s support for putting the legislation into the year-long spending bill, reported by Reuters, comes just one day after the Speaker said she had not yet decided if she would bring the Senate-passed legislation to a vote and after the Republican Leader, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), called on her to “immediately allow an up-or-down vote.”

The Speaker said on Thursday that she was “checking with the administration” on the “language” and did not know if she would be putting it on the agenda for next week.

Coincidentally, the very same day, White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre declined to say if President Joe Biden would support legislation banning the Chinese social media app and stated, “We’re going to let Congress move forward with their process.”

Earlier in the week, the Senate passed Sen. Josh Hawley’s (R-MO) No TikTok on Government Devices Act by unanimous consent amid national security risks.