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2016 Postmortem

UCmeNdc

(9,600 posts) Sat Apr 25, 2015, 02:40 PM Apr 2015

Fast track is a way for congress to dodge responsibility for a bad trade deal

Fast tracking the trade bill leaves the GOP and other congressional critters an easy out for the hostile portions of the trade deal. They thought that a Democratic President will pull the Democratic Party in line with the plan.