Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) “is daring Senate Democrats to vote against fast-track trade legislation they supported less than a month ago,” The Hill reports.
“The GOP leader has scheduled a procedural vote on fast-track for Tuesday, and is signaling he’s through offering concessions. The Kentucky Republican believes he’ll get the 11 Democratic votes he needs to move forward because pro-trade Senate Democrats have already gone out on a limb to support fast-track — despite the cries of organized labor and other groups on the left.”
Politico: “Many of the Democrats who voted for the trade bill when it first passed the Senate did so because workers aid was part of the package. They were also given assurances that a vote would be scheduled to reauthroize the Export-Import Bank, which expires at the end of the month.”
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