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sabrina 1

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5. Pressure from millions of Americans WOULD work, and it has. Remember, the TPP was delayed because of
Fri Feb 6, 2015, 03:17 AM
Feb 2015

all the outrage and petitions demanding that Congress get to see it.

It certainly held it up for a while, and resulted in finally getting the WH to allow Congress to get a tiny peek at some of it. No where nearly enough, but it shows that pressure does work.

Good post, thank you.

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