Posted on 06/12/2015 8:45:45 PM PDT by concernedcitizen76
President Obama's ambitious trade agenda unraveled Friday in a stunning setback delivered by his own party as the House rejected an important piece of a package aimed at fast-tracking a controversial trade pact he is pursuing with 11 other Pacific Rim nations.
Hoping to salvage what could be a key part of his legacy, Obama dashed to Capitol Hill before the vote Friday for a rare early morning meeting with Democrats. But amid fears that a trade deal would hurt American workers, even Obama's dramatic personal intervention failed to generate the Democratic votes needed to bolster his unusual alliance with pro-trade Republicans.
The White House dismissed the vote as a “procedural snafu” and vowed to salvage the trade legislation when the House votes again next week.
But the unusual defeat at the hands of the increasingly defiant liberal wing of the Democratic Party was seen as a sign of Obama's waning influence as he approaches his final two years in office.
“This is not about the president,” said Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), the liberal stalwart who led the opposition. “It really is all about what [lawmakers] heard from their own people, what they thought was the right thing to do.”
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So true!
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Not correct. Obamatrade cleared the Senate FIRST. The list I posted is names of all senators who voted “Aye” for Obamatrade.
Fortunately the bill was rejected by the House. It is obvious the House Representatives are more atuned to people’s desires.
The House of Lords (US Senate) are blase about the middle class with their 6 year terms. They count on short voter memories.
Action speaks lot louder than words. Only one politician actually took action from your list by recording his vote. But we can give credit to the others if they are mouthing the right words, at least.
You are right! I stand corrected.
Precisely. We have to assume Hillary will be President for 8 years. She came, she saw and the world died.
In fairness, the other presidential candidates are governors, former governors, et al, so none of them are able to vote in Congress.
I always want to be fair to ALL candidates. I understand gov. Walker is for the Obama trade bill. Don’t know where gov’s Kasich & Christy are on this, my guess is they will be for the bill. Gov’s Jindal & Huckabee are against Obama trade bill.
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