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For Immediate Release
Monday, June 15, 2015 – 2:00pm
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the Earth Urges House to Reject TAA for a Second Time

WASHINGTON – On Friday the package of Fast Track trade bills was defeated in the U.S. House of Representatives because a component of the package — a bill on Trade Adjustment Assistance — was soundly defeated. The TAA bill would cut Medicare and Medicaid funding for dialysis treatment by hundreds of millions of dollars. This week, however, Speaker Boehner is expected to call a “do over” vote on the bill in an attempt to save Fast Track.

The Fast Track package of bills currently before the House would grease the skids for later approval of the Trans-Pacific and Trans-Atlantic trade agreements, sight unseen by the public.

The TPP deal with Japan and other Pacific nations and the TTIP deal with the European Union present…