Brady Says GSP or MTB Could Be Part of a China Package
The top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee said he doesn't have a good sense of when the renewal of the Generalized System of Preferences benefits program or the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill could come up for a vote…
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in the House, where the bills must originate. Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, told International Trade Today during a May 6 press call that Senate Finance Committee ranking member Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, and Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., are engaging about both programs, in the context of a China bill that committee is working on. “I think any discussion at this point is helpful,” he said. Brady said he thinks the two bills could move sooner if they were made a priority in the House, since they have both stood on their own in the past, and have passed under suspension rules or unanimous consent, which means they don't take up significant time on the legislative calendar.