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McConnell Throws Cold Water On TPP Consideration Before 2016 Election

December 11, 2015 at 12:26 PM
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Thursday (Dec. 10) said the Obama administration should not submit the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) to Congress before next year's presidential election, warning that doing so would be a “big mistake” in light of the reservations that he and other lawmakers have about the deal. “[TPP] certainly shouldn't come before the election. I don't think so, and I have some serious problems with what I think it is,” McConnell said in comments to the...

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