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Hoyer Demands TAA Move With TPA, But Mum On Other Trade Bills

May 13, 2015 at 11:16 AM
House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) on Tuesday (May 12) made clear that Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) must pass alongside a Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) bill in order for TPA to garner Democratic support in the House, but indicated that House Democrats are not as wedded to the notion that all four pending trade bills must move in one package. “Democrats are absolutely committed to the fact that if TPA passes it would pass with the [TAA], as it has...

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