The Senate on Tuesday voted to advance President Obama’s trade agenda, approving a measure to end debate on fast-track authority….
Thirteen Democrats backed fast-track in Tuesday’s vote, handing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) a major legislative victory. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) voted against the procedural motion.
The Democrats cast “yes” votes even though the trade package did not include a workers assistance program for people displaced by increased trade. The Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program was a part of the last fast-track package approved by the Senate in May, but became a key part of opposition to the package among Democrats in the House….
The House has already passed fast-track but it must still vote on the package including TAA, which faces opposition from conservatives.
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) reiterated on Tuesday his pledge to vote again on TAA as soon as it clears the upper chamber.
“The House will consider TAA once it passes the Senate as part of a new trade preferences bill. And we are ready to go to conference on the customs bill. Our goal is to get TPA and TAA to the president’s desk this week and deliver this win for the American people,” he said in a statement. …
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/245827-senate-advances-fast-track-trade-bill-for-obama
Democrats who voted for fast track:
Make your final Calls and EMAILS to these SENATE SELL-OUTS…Say that, unless they VOTE NO TPA, NO TPP, they will lose their jobs, just as many thousands more middle/working-class citizens will lose theirs–if they do not VOTE NO TPA…
Bennet, Michael F. – (D – CO)
261 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-5852
Contact: www.bennet.senate.gov/contact/Cantwell, Maria – (D – WA)
511 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-3441
Contact: www.cantwell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email-mariaCarper, Thomas R. – (D – DE)
513 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-2441
Contact: carper.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email-senator-carperCoons, Christopher A. – (D – DE)
127A Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-5042
Contact: www.coons.senate.gov/contact/Feinstein, Dianne – (D – CA)
331 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-3841
Contact: www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-meHeitkamp, Heidi – (D – ND)
110 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-2043
Contact: www.heitkamp.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contactKaine, Tim – (D – VA)
388 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-4024
Contact: www.kaine.senate.gov/contactMcCaskill, Claire – (D – MO)
730 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-6154
Contact: www.mccaskill.senate.gov/contactMurray, Patty – (D – WA)
154 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-2621
Contact: www.murray.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contactmeNelson, Bill – (D – FL)
716 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-5274
Contact: www.billnelson.senate.gov/contact-billShaheen, Jeanne – (D – NH)
506 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-2841
Contact: www.shaheen.senate.gov/contact/Warner, Mark R. – (D – VA)
475 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-2023
Contact: www.warner.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=ContactWyden, Ron – (D – OR)
221 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-5244
Contact: www.wyden.senate.gov/contact/
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Vote grouped by home state (from thomas.loc.gov). “Yea” is a vote for fast track.
Grouped by Home State
| Alabama: | Sessions (R-AL), Nay | Shelby (R-AL), Nay |
| Alaska: | Murkowski (R-AK), Yea | Sullivan (R-AK), Yea |
| Arizona: | Flake (R-AZ), Yea | McCain (R-AZ), Yea |
| Arkansas: | Boozman (R-AR), Yea | Cotton (R-AR), Yea |
| California: | Boxer (D-CA), Nay | Feinstein (D-CA), Yea |
| Colorado: | Bennet (D-CO), Yea | Gardner (R-CO), Yea |
| Connecticut: | Blumenthal (D-CT), Nay | Murphy (D-CT), Nay |
| Delaware: | Carper (D-DE), Yea | Coons (D-DE), Yea |
| Florida: | Nelson (D-FL), Yea | Rubio (R-FL), Yea |
| Georgia: | Isakson (R-GA), Yea | Perdue (R-GA), Yea |
| Hawaii: | Hirono (D-HI), Nay | Schatz (D-HI), Nay |
| Idaho: | Crapo (R-ID), Yea | Risch (R-ID), Yea |
| Illinois: | Durbin (D-IL), Nay | Kirk (R-IL), Yea |
| Indiana: | Coats (R-IN), Yea | Donnelly (D-IN), Nay |
| Iowa: | Ernst (R-IA), Yea | Grassley (R-IA), Yea |
| Kansas: | Moran (R-KS), Yea | Roberts (R-KS), Yea |
| Kentucky: | McConnell (R-KY), Yea | Paul (R-KY), Nay |
| Louisiana: | Cassidy (R-LA), Yea | Vitter (R-LA), Yea |
| Maine: | Collins (R-ME), Nay | King (I-ME), Nay |
| Maryland: | Cardin (D-MD), Nay | Mikulski (D-MD), Nay |
| Massachusetts: | Markey (D-MA), Nay | Warren (D-MA), Nay |
| Michigan: | Peters (D-MI), Nay | Stabenow (D-MI), Nay |
| Minnesota: | Franken (D-MN), Nay | Klobuchar (D-MN), Nay |
| Mississippi: | Cochran (R-MS), Yea | Wicker (R-MS), Yea |
| Missouri: | Blunt (R-MO), Yea | McCaskill (D-MO), Yea |
| Montana: | Daines (R-MT), Yea | Tester (D-MT), Nay |
| Nebraska: | Fischer (R-NE), Yea | Sasse (R-NE), Yea |
| Nevada: | Heller (R-NV), Yea | Reid (D-NV), Nay |
| New Hampshire: | Ayotte (R-NH), Yea | Shaheen (D-NH), Yea |
| New Jersey: | Booker (D-NJ), Nay | Menendez (D-NJ), Not Voting |
| New Mexico: | Heinrich (D-NM), Nay | Udall (D-NM), Nay |
| New York: | Gillibrand (D-NY), Nay | Schumer (D-NY), Nay |
| North Carolina: | Burr (R-NC), Yea | Tillis (R-NC), Yea |
| North Dakota: | Heitkamp (D-ND), Yea | Hoeven (R-ND), Yea |
| Ohio: | Brown (D-OH), Nay | Portman (R-OH), Yea |
| Oklahoma: | Inhofe (R-OK), Yea | Lankford (R-OK), Yea |
| Oregon: | Merkley (D-OR), Nay | Wyden (D-OR), Yea |
| Pennsylvania: | Casey (D-PA), Nay | Toomey (R-PA), Yea |
| Rhode Island: | Reed (D-RI), Nay | Whitehouse (D-RI), Nay |
| South Carolina: | Graham (R-SC), Yea | Scott (R-SC), Yea |
| South Dakota: | Rounds (R-SD), Yea | Thune (R-SD), Yea |
| Tennessee: | Alexander (R-TN), Yea | Corker (R-TN), Not Voting |
| Texas: | Cornyn (R-TX), Yea | Cruz (R-TX), Nay |
| Utah: | Hatch (R-UT), Yea | Lee (R-UT), Not Voting |
| Vermont: | Leahy (D-VT), Nay | Sanders (I-VT), Nay |
| Virginia: | Kaine (D-VA), Yea | Warner (D-VA), Yea |
| Washington: | Cantwell (D-WA), Yea | Murray (D-WA), Yea |
| West Virginia: | Capito (R-WV), Yea | Manchin (D-WV), Nay |
| Wisconsin: | Baldwin (D-WI), Nay | Johnson (R-WI), Yea |
| Wyoming: | Barrasso (R-WY), Yea | Enzi (R-WY), Yea |
