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Ryan Rules Against Levin Fast-Track Bill; Ways & Means Approves TPA

April 24, 2015 at 12:16 AM
House Ways & Means Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) yesterday (April 23) ruled out of order a bill that Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) wanted to offer as an amendment in the nature of a substitute to the pending fast-track bill the committee was in the process of marking up. Ryan's ruling prevented a vote on the Levin bill, entitled the "Right Track for TPP," which Levin sought to offer with the backing of House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). According...

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