Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos that President Obama “has done an excellent job” on the trade bill. “We’ll pass it later this week,” McConnell assured Stephanopoulos .
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“Mitch McConnell he joins us live right now,” said Stephanopoulos. “Mr. Leader, thank you for joining us this morning. This is president’s top legislative priority right now, this trade promotion authority. You appear to be his point man in the Senate. What is it going to take to get it passed? And are you confident that it will?”
“We’ll pass it,” said McConnell. “We’ll pass it later this week. The president has done an excellent job on this. I point out to my members who are somewhat squeamish as you can imagine by giving the president a power on any issue, given his expansive view of his powers on so many other issues, that is a trade promotion authority not just for President Obama but for the next president as well. This is a six-year trade promotion authority bill that will give the next president an opportunity to enter into additional trade agreements with other countries around the world. We know America is a big winner when we lower barriers to our products abroad.”
