> The two sides remained apart on key sticking points — whether a federal law should override state privacy measures, as Republicans wanted, and whether consumers should be able to sue companies directly, as Democrats desired. The disputes have long befuddled negotiators.

Looks like the proposal she favored left state privacy measures in place. And didn't preempt consumer actions.

A lot of states already have stronger to much stronger protections, including the two largest states, CA and (very recently) TX. A very large percentage of the population of the country would lose privacy protections if this bill is passed without removing preemption.

Hopefully either they remove preemption from the bill, or the bill dies.

> Is the proposed federal privacy legislation stronger or weaker than state privacy legislation?

Probably weaker, because that's how compromises work.