Brady Says GSP, MTB Could Pass in House Through Suspension Bill Process
House Ways and Means Committee ranking member Kevin Brady, R-Texas, said that while he doesn't know if the lame-duck Congress will do anything other than pass a bill to fund the government, and another COVID-19 relief package, he is convinced that both the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill and the Generalized System of Preferences benefits program “would pass easily as suspension bills.” Suspension bills, like the unanimous consent process in the Senate, do not require floor time, only that no one objects.
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Brady said during a Nov. 5 call with reporters that despite the GSP covering far fewer products since India and Turkey left the program, he has seen no weakening of business support for GSP renewal. He also said he believes that next year will see legislation to “make America medically independent from China,” because both parties feel the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed vulnerabilities in import dependence on that country.