House Office Building at a news conference-cum-pep rally. They were there to rail against so-called fast-track authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which allows the administration to negotiate the terms of a trade agreement according to a specific set of parameters.

Once a formal trade agreement is hashed out using those parameters as a basis, Congress gets an up-or-down vote on the finished product — with no opportunities to offer amendments or make further revisions.

Representing a diverse spectrum of progressives and moderates, Democrats suggested they were the conscience of the Congress, aiming to protect American jobs and prevent a situation where trade deals were made with countries with little regard for labor, environmental and human rights practices.

"He knows that this agreement is going to cost America jobs, and so thereforecategory. Total scores and percentage scores for each category of laboratory capacity for both public and private sector are also presented. Presents the scores including total percentage of public and private sector in each category as well as the individual scores in the different components that constituted a particular category. (DOCX 25 kb) Additional file 3:Questionnaire to evaluate impact of knowledge based intervention on laboratory performance during study period. Presents questionnaire used for evaluating impact of knowledge based intervention on laboratory performance during the study period. (DOCX 12 kb)

AMR

:   Antimicrobial resistance

ASM

:   American Society of Microbiology

AST

:   Antimicrobial susceptibility testing

CLSI

:   Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute

EQAS

:   External quality assessment system

GDP

:   Gross domestic product

GLASS

:   Global Antimicrobial Surveillance System

IHR

:   International