The bill, dubbed omnibus bill by Greek daily Ekathimerini, has already passed the economic affairs committee, and is up for vote at midnight in Greece.

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Sharon Bowles, the chairwoman of the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee and MEP for South East England, said she was appalled by the plans for a levy.

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For example, the Subcommittee on Economic Policy and Trade of the House Foreign Affairs Committee which has, under the chairmanship of Rep. Sam Gedjenson (D-CT), forcefully advocated a radical weakening of the existing export control regime has yet to make any inquiries, much less conduct hearings, into this matter.

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