The bill still needs to pass the Senate, but President Joe Biden has indicated he will sign it into law if it reaches his desk. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted 352-65 on the bill. Of the 65 legislators who voted against it, 50 were Democrats, casting some uncertainty on whether the bill will pass in the Democrat-majority Senate. The tug-of-war over the app also reflects the high-profile tensions between the US and China. The platform insisted on characterizing the bill as a “ban”, while emphasizing that it hosts 170 million users and 7 million small businesses in the US market in a post on X, formerly Twitter.