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Australia Forced Labour by Convicts, early 20th Century

While most Americans were pre-occupied with the Charleston, South Carolina massacre, the US House sneaked through Fast Track authorization by tacking it onto HR 2146 which dealt with pensions of federal law enforcement and firefighters. Most likely it will pass the Senate in the next day or two. Thus, the trade deals will simply have to be voted down in their entirety (which is probably the best thing anyway but requires a new, non-corrupt, Congress) “Amends Bill: H.R.2146 — Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 Sponsor: Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] (Submitted 06/18/2015, Proposed 06/18/2015) Cosponsors: 0 Latest Action: Amendment SA 2061 proposed by Senator McConnell to Amendment SA 2060. (06/18/2015)” https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2146/BILLS-114hr2146eah.pdf https://www.congress.gov/amendment/114th-congress/senate-amendment/2061

And, of course, someone might get criticized for voting against: “the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Federal law enforcement officers, firefighters, and…