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Connolly To Press WH For Early 2016 TPP Vote; Fears GOP Defections

October 21, 2015 at 6:05 PM
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) said Wednesday (Oct. 21) that he plans to drive home the message to the Obama administration that it must bring a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) implementing bill to a congressional vote within the first two or three months of 2016 or risk delaying the vote until the lame-duck session after the November elections. In an interview with Inside U.S. Trade , Connolly said he would do so at a White House reception on Wednesday night where President...

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