WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The U.S. House of Representatives will not vote on legislation that would have provided the District of Columbia with a voting member of Congress, a senior House Democrat said Tuesday.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D., Md.) said he was "profoundly disappointed" that a deal allowing the bill to come to the House floor had fallen apart.
He said he didn't see the ability to bring it forward for a vote in the House this Congress.
Asked where the deal had come apart, Hoyer replied "the price was too high."
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