Markey Blocks Sullivan's Bid to Fast-Track Bycatch Reduction Act

US Senator Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts) blocked Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) from fast-tracking his Bycatch Reduction Act on the Senate floor September 23, denying the Alaska lawmaker a unanimous consent vote just a week after the bill cleared committee.
Sullivan took to the floor calling his legislation "the most comprehensive trawl bycatch reduction legislation ever to come before the United States Senate," and urged colleagues to pass it by unanimous consent — a procedural shortcut that requires no senator object...
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