[fullwidth background_color=”” background_image=”” background_parallax=”none” enable_mobile=”no” parallax_speed=”0.3″ background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” video_url=”” video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_webm=”” video_mp4=”” video_ogv=”” video_preview_image=”” overlay_color=”” overlay_opacity=”0.5″ video_mute=”yes” video_loop=”yes” fade=”no” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding_top=”20″ padding_bottom=”20″ padding_left=”0″ padding_right=”0″ hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” menu_anchor=”” class=”” id=””][title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”underline solid” sep_color=”#000000″ margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” class=”” id=””]Fast-track trade bill gets key boost with a top Senate Democrat’s announcement that he would support advancing the measure to a final congressional vote[/title][fusion_text]Monday, June 22nd 2015
The fast-track trade bill got a key boost with a top Senate Democrat’s announcement that he would support advancing the measure to a final congressional vote. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has set a cloture vote on the Trade Promotion Authority bill (HR 2146) for Tuesday. If the cloture motion gets the necessary 60 votes, the bill would move to a vote Wednesday that would clear the legislation for President Obama’s signature. Ron Wyden of Oregon, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, said Monday he would support the cloture motion after “around-the-clock” discussions with McConnell, House Speaker John Boehner and fellow Democrats over the handling of a series of trade measures, including TPA. In addition to the TPA bill, the Senate will also vote this week on legislation combining an extension of Trade Adjustment Assistance programs with a renewal of duty-free status, or “preferences,” for imports from poor nations (HR 1295). McConnell did not give a deadline Monday for finishing the enforcement measure.
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