[PLUG-TALK] Blumenauer among the gang of eight
Michael Rasmussen
michael at jamhome.us
Fri Jun 12 16:54:10 UTC 2015
TPP was dead until 8 Democratic congressmen joined the GOP majority to keep it alive.
Our man Earl was one of them.
In a procedural vote to advance trade promotion authority, the U.S. House
last night eked out a bare 217-212 majority. With virtually all Democrats
voting “no,” Speaker John Boehner was unable to deliver enough
Republican votes—until 8 Democrats showed up and voted “yes.”
The 8 House Democrats who voted to save a secret corporate trade deal were
Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), Gerry Connolly (VA-11), Jim Cooper (TN-05), Henry
Cuellar (TX-28), John Delaney (MD-06), Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30),
Ron Kind (WI-03) and Rick Larsen (WA-02.) If not for these eight, Fast
Track would already be dead
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Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon
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in which case karma is, uh, a fickle strumpet or something.
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