{"id":11177,"date":"2015-05-12T15:54:23","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T22:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11177"},"modified":"2015-05-12T16:05:30","modified_gmt":"2015-05-12T23:05:30","slug":"senate-dems-say-no-to-obama-on-tpp-for-now-bradcast-5122015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11177","title":{"rendered":"Senate Dems Say &#8216;No&#8217; to Obama on TPP (For Now): &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 5\/12\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/GNR_ObamaTPP_NotHappy_051215.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">The Senate Democrats voted almost unanimously against giving President Obama &#8220;Fast Track&#8221; authority for trade agreements such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) today.<\/p>\n<p>Journalist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/writer\/david_dayen\/\">David Dayen of Salon<\/a> joined me on today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a> to discuss what today&#8217;s procedural vote portends; what both TPP and &#8220;Fast Track&#8221; actually are (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2015\/05\/12\/the_10_biggest_lies_youve_been_told_about_the_trans_pacific_partnership\/\">and aren&#8217;t<\/a>); whether Dems will continue to block the controversial trade agreement in the Senate; and whether Republicans will be able to do the same in the U.S. House.<\/p>\n<p>Also today: The <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/audio\/BradCast_BradFriedman_DavidDayenTPP_JebIraq_OHLawsuit_051215.mp3\">first lawsuit<\/a> of the 2016 election season is filed in (where else?) 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