The international trade bill known as the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) faced a major setback this week when Democrat Senators defied President Obama to block the ‘fast tracking’ of the bill.
A total of 45 Senators voted against the bill, which would have given Obama authority to negotiate on the TPP and then present it to Congress for a yes-or-no vote, with no amendments allowed. The move means the bill did not secure the necessary 60 votes needed to pass the legislation, despite presidential as well as…
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