[nwrep]

In a remarkable rejection of a president they have resolutely backed, House Democrats voted to kill assistance to workers displaced by global trade, a program their party created and has stood by for four decades. By doing so, they brought down legislation granting the president trade promotion authority — the power to negotiate trade deals that cannot be amended or filibustered by Congress — before it could even come to a final vote.

“We want a better deal for America’s workers,” said Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, the House minority leader who has guided the president’s agenda for two terms and was personally lobbied by Mr. Obama until the last minute.

[DaxtonBrown]

Well that moots the debate on the purity of a number of candidates.

[Old Sarge]

Is this a fact???

[Calvin Locke]

Did Boehner cry 96 tears?

[Menehune56]

He’s going to be really mad when he finds out about this in the newspaper.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Democrats did the right thing for the wrong reason. They wanted to protect the unions; they weren’t worried about the secret transnational governance and treaty issues. The GOP has no such excuse for being O’s primary supporters here.

[Joe 6-pack]

I suspect the dems have concluded the next POTUS will be a Republican and have decided they need to start placing some limits on executive authority...

[oh8eleven]

House Democrats rebuffed a dramatic personal appeal from President Obama on Friday
Who'd have guessed we'd be cheering for the Dems? But quite frankly, without knowing what was in the bill, it's hard to tell who was right or wrong.

[b4its2late]

[LostInBayport]

[Mouton]

Happy days are here again
The skies above are clear again
So let’s sing a song of cheer again
Happy days are here again

Altogether shout it now
There’s no one
Who can doubt it now
So let’s tell the world about it now
Happy days are here again

[woofie]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/president-obama-is-all-in-on-trade-sees-it-as-a-cornerstone-of-his-legacy/2015/06/12/32b6dce8-1073-11e5-a0dc-2b6f404ff5cf_story.html

[b4its2late]

TPA though passed.

[McGruff]

Drudge's headline right now.

The world truly has turned upside down.

[The Sons of Liberty]

When 0bama Fails, FREEDOM Prevails!

And Little Johnny Boehner can go straight to hell too!

[fortheDeclaration]

The Bill would have passed hadn’t Obama stuck his nose into it!

[SoFloFreeper]

Roger Hedgecock just said Obama DID win.

So which is it?

[Huskrrrr]

Wait for it....a revised bill will suddenly appear.

[C19fan]

The article did a good job of what happened. TPP by itself passed the House but that stand alone bill needs to go back to the Senate and without the TAA component it is dead.

[Oliviaforever]

The Labor Unions still have too much power in America.