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McConnell Casts Serious Doubt Over Lame-Duck Vote On Trade Deal

May 5, 2016 at 7:40 PM
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) this week strongly downplayed the chances for a congressional vote on the Trans-Pacific Partnership in a lame-duck session, though he stopped short of completely ruling it out by saying he could make "no guarantees" on the fate of TPP this year. "It looks bleak for this year [to have a TPP vote], that's the bad news" for supporters of free trade, he said in a May 1 interview with the agriculture news service AgriPulse...

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