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Renew Deal

(81,858 posts) Thu May 14, 2015, 02:40 PM May 2015

Fast track vote question

I see people saying that the vote passed. Part of the agreement was that "currency manipulation and duty-free status to U.S. imports of goods from certain sub-Saharan African countries" would get a vote. Did those votes happen? What were the results?

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Fast track vote question (Original Post) Renew Deal May 2015 OP

All 4 bills passed Senate cloture rule (60 votes). yallerdawg May 2015 #1

Does that lead us to believe that the currency manipulation and duty-free issues are likely to pass? Renew Deal May 2015 #2

Doubt very much the currency manipulation issue will pass n2doc May 2015 #3

Who would vote against it? Renew Deal May 2015 #4

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)

1. All 4 bills passed Senate cloture rule (60 votes).

Reply to Renew Deal (Original post)

Thu May 14, 2015, 02:47 PM

May 2015

The bills can be sent back to House or debated and amended. The Senate has not passed any of the 4 bills.

This was a good day for the Democratic Party...in a Republican Senate!

Now we'll see if Republicans support fair trade!