Posted on 06/18/2015 9:34:15 AM PDT by GIdget2004
The House on Thursday took the first step toward resuscitating the White House’s trade agenda by passing legislation granting President Obama fast-track authority.
The bill now goes to the Senate, where the White House and GOP leaders are seeking to strike a deal with pro-trade Democrats.
The House vote was 218-208, with 28 Democrats voting for it.
This is the second time in a week the House has voted to approve the controversial fast-track bill. On Friday, the House voted 219-211 in favor of fast-track, which would make it easier for Obama to complete a sweeping trans-Pacific trade deal.
In last week’s vote, the House GOP paired the fast-track bill with a measure known as Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) that gives aid to workers displaced by trade. Both measures needed to be approved in separate votes for the entire package to move forward.
House Democrats have historically favored TAA, but they voted against it on Friday to kill fast-track, which is deeply opposed by unions and other liberal groups.
The White House still wants both measures to reach Obama’s desk, but is now advancing a different strategy that would see the two bills move separately.
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50 GOP no votes, which was an accomplishment considering the heavy handed tactics of late by Boner and his toadies.
But 28 Dems voted FOR it, and that is what tipped the scales.
Rats screw the country again.
Very sad. More power to abuse for Obama. RINOs.
Bare majority. They’re going to have to work VERY hard at threats and bribery to get the subsequent TPP through.
Traitors
What did Boner give up to gain their votes?
Remind me again how voting GOPe was supposed to change things?
Thanks to all the GOP enablers here and across the country.
The only good that comes from this is that these RINOs and fake conservatives
that voted twice, not once for this nonsense will have no excuses for
this vote. No way out.
So now we’re faced with the TPP deal that has been secret. All those people that said don’t worry ... your time is here.
How about the 190 Republicans who voted FOR it?
Didn’t they screw the country?
Idiots.
The GOP pushed this through to give Obama more Power.
“But 28 Dems voted FOR it, and that is what tipped the scales.”
You gotta be kidding! The votes to push it over the top came from the RINOs who voted for it! Get serious, the RATS are not the problem here the RINOs are!
And just think, we wanted Ryan to be vice president.
Elect us and we’ll repeal obamacare.
If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor.
Both lies from both sides and Americans pay for it.
Does anyone have a roll call of the votes?
Obama gets the power, the ‘pub sellouts get cheap labor. A marriage made, not in heaven.
Don’t forget to give the GOP Establishment Vermin their due credit for this.
They have consistently pissed on our shoes and told us that it’s raining ever since we were stupid enough to give them control of Congress this past November.
"And boy, do we need credibility right now."
Only 50 GOP no votes.
And you think the rats screwed the country?
It was the the GOP that just screwed American Workers.
Didn’t they screw the country?Without a doubt, they did.
But the Dems were the ones against the TPA, and only a small group of GOP were against it.
Had the Dems voted in a block, as they almost always do, this would not have passed.
50 GOP no votes was very high at this time, but it was not enough. They risked much, and still lost.
But I am glad they sent a message. That took political courage.
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