And in this case it seems the Finance committee's action was to not put this bill forward for a second reading.

I hate to ask this Lynn Willis but are you functioning under a misconception that legislatures exist to pass bills rather than stop bills from passing?  If that is so, I would suggest you read Eric Redman's "The Dance of Legislation."  It's an old book recounting the journey the Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Act through Congress.