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发帖数: 1854 | 1 这也许今年最大的事件，无论是对中国还是对世界。
巴马如果在任内能搞定这个，无论在其他方面多弱智多软弱，总体都算及格了。
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Despite some last-minute drama, the Senate on Thursday advanced a measure
that would give President Obama "fast-track" authority to finalize a pending
trade pact with leading Pacific nations.
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Senators voted, 62-38, to end debate over the measure, which is supported by
the White House and most Republicans but opposed by many Democrats worried
that the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership would hurt American workers.
Final passage could come as early as Thursday afternoon.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact: What's in it for the U.S.?
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Earlier Thursday, Democrats nearly blocked the legislation from advancing
over a separate dispute related to the future of the U.S.'s Export-Import
Bank, which is in jeopardy of shutting down next month if Congress fails to
reauthorize it.
The bank helps major U.S. corporations finance their business overseas, but
it has become derided by tea party Republicans as a form of corporate
welfare.
Republicans in the House have essentially acknowledged that they would
prefer to allow the bank to wind down, rather than continue it.
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@ratzorizzo69 you are so right. The sad part is that far too many people
don't care any longer.
No one is going to Jim Jones me.
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But several lawmakers from both parties have businesses in their states,
including aerospace giant Boeing, that depend on the bank and have pressed
for it to continue.
After hurried negotiations on the Senate floor, a deal was reached to allow
a separate vote on extending the bank’s authority, removing the final
hurdle standing in the way of advancing the trade bill.
The fast-track bill is a top trade priority for the Obama administration,
which is wrapping up largely secret negotiations with Japan and the other
Pacific nations.
The fast-track measure guarantees that when the massive trade pact -- which
is the largest of its kind -- is ready for a vote, Congress would not be
able to amend it. | T*R
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