WASHINGTON DeMar DeRozan Womens Jersey , May 7 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Senate will begin debate next week on the so-called fast-track trade legislation that is key to conclude the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday.

Senators will vote on a cloture motion scheduled for next Tuesday to proceed to the fast-track legislation, which would allow the upper chamber to formally begin its floor debate, said the top Republican in the Senate.

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Liberal Democrats and activists from labor unions have launched campaigns to oppose the fast-track legislation, arguing that trade deals have hurt U.S. workers and increased income inequality.

Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid has also threatened to hold up the legislation until the Senate moves forward on two other bills related to highway construction funding and domestic surveillance program.

The Senate Finance Committee and House Ways and Means Committee had approved the fast-track legislation last month, but final congressional passage is far from certain.

The fast-track legislation, formally known as trade promotion authority (TPA) Serge Ibaka Jersey , empowers the president to negotiate trade deals and then present them to Congress for up-or-down votes, with no amendments allowed.

If the legislation is passed by Congress, it will give U.S. trading partners the confidence they need to put their best offers on the table and help the Obama administration conclude the ongoing TPP free trade talks, which are nearing completion after more than five years of negotiations.

"Our trade negotiators cannot bring this Pacific agreement back to Congress for careful review and deliberation unless Congress assures our trading partners that the agreement is going to get a fair up or down vote C.J. Miles Jersey ," McConnell said, urging senators to back the trade legislation.

A ground-up construction project built by Chandlee and Sons Construction Company has made the ‘top’ list on Zagat. The project is the Big Sky Buckhead bar and restaurant - a two-story, steel, wood DeMar DeRozan Jersey , concrete and glass structure in north Atlanta. The list is "The 12 Hottest Rooftop Dining and Drinking Scenes Across the USA"!

Chandlee and Sons Construction completed the project in February with the soft opening held the night of February 21, 2014. (See the photo on the right) Big Sky Buckhead is located on Cains Hill Place in Buckhead, a premier shopping and dining neighborhood north of downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The design of the structure makes it a perfect choice for the May 27th list as the second floor bar has multiple glass-paned Kyle Lowry Jersey , garage-type doors that rise into the ceiling opening the entire space to the great outdoors.

As denoted by the name, the design for Big Sky is the wide open ‘big sky’ spaces of the north western United States. The use of huge wood beams and steel girders is essential to the design. The second floor bar features a mural on one wall designed and painted by an Atlanta artist of a forested mountain scene. Handcrafted finishes constructed of stone, wood and tile are found throughout the bar. Take all of these elements and add the lifting glass doors and you achieve the larger-than-life outdoors experience located right in the middle of a very urban setting. (The photo above was taken in May 2014).
It is a tribute to the design and construction of the structure that it made the list of "12" for it is the only ‘scene’ on the list with a roof overhead. Zagat also commented that bar fare is not the usual, expected offering. As written by their staff writer Cheap Toronto Raptors Jerseys , "Chef Hector Santiago consulted on the menu, and his Latin-and-more-inspired bar food is a welcome change from the norm"

Construction was delayed by the January 2014 record snow storm (note the Chandlee and Sons team was very dedicated - but that’s another story). Yet this photo is proof that even in the dead of winter, this rustic design is still inviting. With the extensive use of glass lots of sunlight pours into the interior of the bar which is a must in the south to ward off cabin fever.

The bad weather hit at a crucial stage in the construction of the project. And another challenge was the amount of hand crafting required in the design because it was labor intensive and time consuming. Yet when Seth Chandlee, co-owner of Chandlee and Sons Construction KJ McDaniels Jersey , found out about the Zagat article, he had this to say, "Well, Well Lucas Nogueira Jersey , Well! It's always cool when Zagat thinks you built one of the hottest spots in the United States! Big Sky was named one of the top ‘12 Hottest Rooftop Scenes in the US’ by ZAGAT! Not bad for a few guys who were building decks six years ago!!"

Chandlee and Sons Construction Company is a retail, commercial and light industrial contracting firm specializing in design-build projects with a team of architects, engineers, designers and contractors that can take any project from concept to completion on budget and on time. They are located at 13540 Bethany Road in Alpharetta Delon Wright Jersey , Georgia in north Fulton County. The office can be reached at 678-278-9226 or info@chandleeandsonsconstruction; Seth Chandlee can be reached at 770-912-1666 or seth@chandleeandsonconstruction; and Jim can be reached at 770-826-8284 or jim@chandleeandsonsconstruction. Chandlee and Sons is currently finishing another dining and drinking scene in the progressive Atlanta Beltline, right on the Eastside Trail. It is the Ladybird Mess Hall and Music Grove - the conversion of a former cotton mill into a venue offering both indoor dining, and outside open or covered dining with games to play on the lawn. Drive.