Posted on 06/23/2015 9:01:21 AM PDT by bimboeruption
The President's trade agenda scored a major victory Tuesday when the Senate voted to advance a bill to allow "fast-track" approval of large international trade bills.
The outcome of this key procedural vote had been in doubt as a group of 14 pro-trade Democrats weighed whether to continue their support of the bill out of concern that a related workers' assistance package might not pass both chambers.
But after repeated assurances by GOP congressional leaders that workers' assistance measure will be adopted, 13 out of 14 backed the bill.
The vote was 60 to 37, passing by the slimmest margin needed to pass.
A final Senate vote on fast-track could come as soon as later Tuesday, and it will then head to President Barack Obama's desk for his signature.
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I want to read the fine print!!
Ditto. Did they also save the dinosaur EX-IM bank? Some dippy lib in Washington state wanted that included.
Who voted for?
Words fail.
There’s only ONE party when it comes to international corporatism.
Never in doubt.
The fine print says “America, you’re f-ed!”
fascism
They all know it’s going to pass.
It’s why it’s now safe for some politicians to vote for.
The joke is on the people.
From the article:
The vote was 60 to 37, passing by the slimmest margin needed to pass.
A final Senate vote on fast-track could come as soon as later Tuesday, and it will then head to President Barack Obama’s desk for his signature.
This time around, one fewer Republican voted as Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who penned op-ed in opposition to the legislation that published Tuesday morning.
“... TPA in this Congress has become enmeshed in corrupt Washington backroom deal-making, along with serious concerns that it would open up the potential for sweeping changes in our laws that trade agreements typically do not include,” Cruz wrote on Breitbart.
Republican Sen. Mike Enzi of Wyoming, who was absent during the first version of the bill, voted in favor making up for the loss.
It could have been stopped in the house.
Was this the bill That _was_ about firefighters but Ryan gutted and replaced with TPA like 0bamacare was another bill but was gutted and “deemed” passed?
Something stinks
Well he used up the Democrats and threw them away on the Healthcare Reform vote. Now he has convinced the GOPe to exhibit the same sort of deafness to THEIR constituents. Time will tell whether or not we will punish the GOPe the same way the people punished the Democrats. At the end of this we might have a DC full of sadder and wiser, but it won’t matter.
Agreed. I knew it would not be stopped. It was a simple bump in the road the first vote, then a weekend of drinking in DC brought all the co-conspirators together to vote it in the following week.
They all did.
It passed.
The only thing that matters is pass/ fail.
What Wall Street wants, K Street writes, and the rubber-stamp Congress passes.
Best government Money can buy. It’s a pity we don’t have any.
Ditto. Did they also save the dinosaur EX-IM bank? Some dippy lib in Washington state wanted that included.
No, that potato got too hot and turtle face dropped it. The pork for the Dems is some aid to Africa bill.
Problem is we can vote for leftist or extreme leftist.
Until someone big jumps ship and really supports a 3rd party.
The GOP still needs Reagan Dems in places like Ohio and Florida for 2016. Rubio might just have blown 2016 for the GOP by supporting TPA.
“turtle face”
ROFL! What a great description.
Well, thank heaven at least the EX-IM bank wasn’t revived. At least the jerks at the Chamber of Commerce lost one battle.
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