The House Energy and Commerce Committee has canceled its Thursday markup of bills including the American Privacy Rights Act after the legislation faced an onslaught of attacks from House leadership and industry.
Why it matters: Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers' bipartisan privacy bill is now all but dead, unless a compromise emerges.
Inside the room: Two minutes before the markup was set to begin, a staffer informed people gathered inside the E&C hearing room that the markup had been canceled.
Here's our latest reporting about the status of the bill from Wednesday.
