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US Congress Rejects Trade Deal at Mercury Station



In a stunning blow to President Barack Obama and the Republican leadership in Congress on Friday, the House of Representatives rejected legislation needed to eventually pass the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a major economic treaty with America’s Asian allies. While some Republican leaders had expressed optimism in recent days, the agreement's fate seemed more uncertain when Obama made a rare visit to Capitol Hill on Friday to lobby House Democrats to back it. He urged them to either support the TPP or the ancillary bill in question, which would have helped protect workers displaced by the deal. The Democrats largely applauded the president’s plea, but not enough of them voted his way. June 12 http://www.newsweek.com/barack-obama-trans-pacific-partnership-tpp-342712











As Mercury stationed  direct on June 12, it set up an  opposition to Saturn that was caught on the sensitive horizon axis at Washington. This is an aspect linked to disagreements as the following reference explains.  So is it all surprising that the TPP fell through.

Mercury opposition Saturn

Communication challenges today make it hard to get a point across. Delays, "red tape", and vague feelings of forgetting important details could figure now. Red tape, re-doing tasks you thought you finished, problems getting from point A to point B, delays in communication, negative thinking, hyper-sensitivity and encountering criticism from others--these are all negative possibilities of this transit. Your thought patterns could take on a negative skew, as you think in pessimistic terms and communicate sparingly or reluctantly. It can be difficult to trust your instincts, and you might second-guess things automatically under this influence. You could also receive news or information that makes you tense or goes against your goals. http://www.cafeastrology.com/mercurytransits.html

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