GOP Zika pesticide bill gets swatted

Published May 17, 2016 8:28pm ET



The House failed to pass a pesticide reform bill on Tuesday that the GOP had rebranded as a response to the Zika virus threat.

The bill failed, 262-159, because it did not obtain the two-thirds majority vote needed under suspension of normal voting rules, which eliminates amendments and limits debate to 40 minutes.

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