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Ryan Holds The Line On TPP: 'We Don't Have The Votes,' Won't Take It Up In Lame-Duck

October 7, 2016 at 1:13 PM
House Speaker Paul Ryan (WI) today reiterated his stance that the Trans-Pacific Partnership will not be brought up for a vote in a lame-duck session because there aren't enough votes for it to pass. Ryan, asked by radio host Laura Ingaham “will you say today that we will not take up the trans-pacific partnership in the lame-duck session,” offered no wiggle room in his answer. “We're not going to bring that up in the lame duck, and I think I...


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