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stuffmatters

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7. Yep, Wyden & Cantwell voted for fast track in committe, greased the skids for the Repub floor vote.

Reply to midnight (Reply #4)

Thu Aug 13, 2015, 11:13 PM

Aug 2015

It could have been shut down in that Finance Committee vote & never made it to a full Senate vote. Wyden got the most press
for his treachery since he was the ranking member. But Cantwell was right there behind him in both votes.

Of the four so called "progressive" Northwest senators, only Jeff Merkely voted against fast track and for Democratic principles

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Yep, Wyden & Cantwell voted for fast track in committe, greased the skids for the Repub floor vote. stuffmatters Aug 2015 #7