Senate TPA Bill is Blocked!!!

[misterhighwasted]

[TheProgressive]

1. So far, 44 NO votes!

[Jackpine Radical]

2. W

[font size=8 color=red]OOT![/font]

[misterhighwasted]

3. Waiting for the list of who voted No & who voted Yes

Omg they did it!!

[4139]

12. Anybody got the list???

[misterhighwasted]

4. Mitch McConnel looks like he just pissed his pants

So sad.
Here comes Mitch's pity party speech.

[Nite Owl]

7. Wonder what Obama

is doing right now.

[misterhighwasted]

9. He is on the phone probably.

I think they believed they had the Yes votes.
Wow!

[misterhighwasted]

10. Yes, Say it Sen Reid!! " only one person to blame for this,

Majority leader McConnell.

[SummerSnow]

13. turtle pee?

[GoneFishin]

5. Can they repeatedly put it to another vote as they harrass, arm twist, and cajole members?

[misterhighwasted]

6. Don't know that answer. Sounds like Mcconnell would like to try

Maybe someone here has more knowlege about procedure than I.

[jeff47]

11. Yep.

Though it pisses off Senators when you do so, making them more likely to vote "No".

[misterhighwasted]

8. Is Orrin Hatch crying behind McConnell?

[Jefferson23]

14. Senators Mitch McConnell and Harry Reid on the Blocked Trade Promotion Authority Bill ( C-Span )

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) react to the failed procedural vote on the "fast track" trade promotion authority bill, after the Senate voted 52-45 on Tuesday. The bill fell short of 60 votes it needed to advance the president's trade agenda.

http://www.c-span.org/video/?c4537385/senators-mitch-mcconnell-harry-reid-blocked-trade-promotion-authority-bill

[Jefferson23]

15. Senate Democrats vote to block Obama on trade

President Obama collided with his own party Tuesday when Senate Democrats stalled consideration of a trade measure that would give the administration greater authority to negotiate more freely with other countries.

The Senate vote was a sharp blow to the president’s efforts to win approval for a new Asia-Pacific trade bill that has emerged as a top agenda item for Obama. Only one Democratic senator, Thomas R. Carper of Delaware, voted with the president Tuesday.

Administration officials and Republican leaders immediately said they would bring a measure back to the Senate floor

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democrats-threaten-to-stall-trade-legislation-in-the-senate/2015/05/12/08f71d66-f8c0-11e4-9ef4-1bb7ce3b3fb7_story.html