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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