White House urges Senate to 'move swiftly' on TikTok bill as lawmakers drag their heels

• The White House said that the Senate should "move swiftly" to advance a bill that would force Chinese tech company ByteDance to sell social media platform TikTok.
• The bill was passed in the House with an overwhelming 352-65 vote, and Biden said he would sign it.
• The bill's momentum has been slowed in the Senate, which is more divided on the issue and also faces thorny budget negotiations this week to avert a partial government shutdown.

White House national security adviser John Kirby said Sunday that the Senate should swiftly advance a bill that would force Chinese technology company ByteDance to sell TikTok. The bill passed in the House with overwhelming bipartisan support.

"We're glad the House took it up. And we urge the Senate to move swiftly on this," Kirby said on ABC's "This Week."

"We want to see divestiture from this Chinese company because we are concerned, as every American ought to be concerned, about data security and what ByteDance and what the Chinese Communist Party could do with the information that they can glean off of Americans use of the application."

The White House's call to action comes as the Senate slow-walks the bill, requiring ByteDance to sell TikTok to an American company or face a ban in the U.S.

The bill passed in a 352-65 House vote on Wednesday. President Joe Biden, currently on TikTok for his reelection campaign, said he would sign the bill if it passed Congress.

Fueled by the momentum in their chamber's vote, eager House members want the bill to move forward more quickly.

"Mike [Gallagher] and I have had conversations, very positive ones, with different members of the Senate, who are very interested in this bill and who were very surprised by the size or the margin of the overwhelming