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Demeter

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13. McConnell wants to pass trade bills this week
Tue Jun 23, 2015, 07:04 AM
Jun 2015
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/245735-mcconnell-wants-to-pass-trade-bills-this-week

TOP OF THE PAGE IS A VIDEO PROPAGANDA SPEECH FROM OUR POTUS, ABOUT HIS SOLEMN GUARANTEE THAT TPP IS FOR OUR GOOD...IT'S MASTERFUL, IF YOU HAVE NO CONTEXT AND A STRONG STOMACH. ANYONE WHO BELIEVES IT GETS WHAT IS COMING TO HIM...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Monday that he wants to wrap up work on two trade bills before the Senate leaves for a week-long recess, pressing senators to have "a little more trust."

"If we can continue working together in a spirit of trust and if we simply vote the same way we did a couple of weeks ago, just vote the same way we did a couple of weeks ago, we won't miss this opportunity," the Republican leader said from the Senate floor.

The Senate is expected to take a procedural vote on agreeing to a House-passed trade promotion authority (TPA) bill on Tuesday. Under McConnell's plan, a separate trade adjustment assistance (TAA) measure is being added to a trade preferences bill that the Senate will take up on Wednesday.

The Kentucky Republican said it is his intention that both proposals reach President Obama's desk before lawmakers leave at the end of the week...

IT WAS NICE KNOWING YOU ALL

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