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The House is trying again to move President Obama s trade agenda forward after rejecting it last week. It passed Trade Promotion Authority TPA Thursday over the opposition of many Democrats.The vote of 218-208 was largely along party lines, winning the support of just 28 Democrats. The measure would give Congress a yes or no vote on the Trans-Pacific Partnership TPP but no chance to amend it. Fast-track authority is intended to make negotiations easier for the administration and speed up passage of the trade bill.The House is expected to take a vote later on Trade Adjustment Assistance TAA , a program which would aid workers who lost their jobs as a result of trade deals. stanley cup The TPA legislation must now be returned to the Senate for a vote. While the Senate has already passed the trade legislation once, its vers stanley cup ion included both TPA and TAA. Should the Senate pass the House standalone TPA bill, the House will bring up its TAA bill. House leaders hope that Democrats will be convinced to support worker protections if they know that the trade bill will move forward with or without them stanley tumbler . The bill that Democrats rejected last week linked TAA s passage to TPA s, so their vote against TAA killed the overall bill.House Democrats reject Obama s last-minute appeal on tradeObama huddles with Democratic allies on tradeIt is unclear whether TPA will have enough support from Democrats in the Senate to withstand a filibuster now that it is a standal Mewi More than 120 Republicans tell RNC to cut off funds to Donald Trump
Rep. Patrick Kennedy says there s been an unexpected bright side to his father s grim battle with terminal brain cancer because the family has been able to spend more time with the stricken senator in recent months.The congressman and son of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy said in a t stanley thermoskannen elephone interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday that he considers it a great gift his father has survived longer than his doctors have expected. It s been a chance for us to bond and be together and share a special time together that we would never have had together had he been taken from us, said Kennedy, D-R.I. That s a big gift. It let us have the chance to tell him how much we love him. And him to be there to hear it. Kennedy said he s spent most days this summer with his stanley tazas father sitting on the porch of their oceanside home in Hyannis Port, Mass., sharing old stories about family, friends and politics. In a different sense, it has been a very joyous time because we have had so much more time than any of the doctors had predicted, Kennedy said. Kennedy spoke shortly after attending a Wh stanley cup ite House ceremony where President Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to his 77-year-old father and several others. Kennedy s sister Kara accepted the award on behalf of the senator, who remained in Hyannis Port. I was brought to tears, the congressman said.The White House ceremony was the latest in a slew of awards and honors, including an honora |
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