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Biden: Administration Aiming For Lame-Duck TPP Vote, But Changes Needed

September 7, 2016 at 3:04 PM
In an interview alongside Trans-Pacific Partnership opponent and Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Tim Kaine (VA), current Vice President Joe Biden reaffirmed that the Obama administration is seeking a lame-duck vote on the deal -- but conceded that changes must be made to ensure sufficient support. “The bottom line is that in this attempt we're going to attempt in the lame-duck actually to have a vote,” Biden told CNN on Sept. 6 during a campaign event with Kaine in...


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