MCCONNELL WARNS TPP MAY NOT PASS SENATE

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MCCONNELL WARNS TPP MAY NOT PASS SENATE

Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says TPP shouldn’t get a vote until after election. W. Post quotes:

“It certainly shouldn’t come before the election. I don’t think so, and I have some serious problems with what I think it is … I think the president would be making a big mistake to try to have that voted on during the election. There’s significant pushback all over the place … The next president, whoever that is, will have the authority to either revisit this one, if it doesn’t pass, or finish the European deal or other deals, and give Congress a chance to weigh in on it.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mcconnell-warns-that-trade-deal-cant-pass-congress-before-2016-elections/2015/12/10/b8151f26-9f66-11e5-8728-1af6af208198_story.html


Republicans unhappy with tobacco provisions. The Hill:

“…McConnell has expressed support in the past for trade, he has warned the White House not to target tobacco growers in a final deal. The deal includes a provision that gives countries more power to regulate manufactured tobacco products, such as cigarettes, as part of any efforts to protect public health … The White House has argued that the tobacco provisions are narrowly focused on health issues and don’t affect the trade of tobacco leaf. But the move has already led to the loss of Republican votes on both sides of the Capitol.”

http://thehill.com/policy/finance/262896-mcconnell-crushes-hopes-for-tpp-vote-before-the-elections

[olddots]

1. oh no Mitch is in a tizzy

[upaloopa]

2. Chances are Hillary could get to turn it down

I know no body in the opposition will believe she will. Hell even if they did believe her they wouldn't admit to it.

[putitinD]

3. when did McConnell become Mother May I?

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

4. The vote needs to be held before the elections, so that every voter knows which

Senators and Representatives not to re-elect.

[99th_Monkey]

5. Time to elect a POTUS we damned-well KNOW opposes the TPP!!

A candidate who has opposed corporatist anti-labor trade deals -- for decades -- ever since
Bill Clinton's NAFTA.

And we all know who that candidate is, without even having to say his name.

[onecaliberal]

6. Precisely. We need someone we know will never vote

for that.