Opponents of fast track trade legislation temporarily disrupted a Senate Finance Committee hearing Wednesday morning. Congressional police warned them they would be ejected from the meeting if they persisted. More than half a dozen officers were at the meeting in anticipation of a disruption. Mackenzie McDonald-Wilkins, who held up a […]
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By Anne Meador The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on January 16 on a bill that would renew Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) for the President, allowing trade treaties to be “fast tracked” through Congress. The measure was introduced by Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-MT) last week, just as […]