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Daily Archives: May 12th, 2015

Bill to fast-track Trans-Pacific Partnership blocked in U.S. Senate (for now)

Excerpt: Divi­sive trade pro­mo­tion author­i­ty leg­is­la­tion the White House is seek­ing to put the Trans-Pacif­ic part­ner­ship on a fast-track to pas­sage ran off the rails today, with the Unit­ed States Sen­ate vot­ing most­ly along par­ty lines not to invoke clo­ture on the bill. The leg­is­la­tion could still come up again, but at least for the time […]
Published at:2:40 PM on Tuesday, May 12th, 2015
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Policy Topics, World Commmunity
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