Posted on 05/12/2015 6:34:02 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON Californias two Democratic senators helped block President Obamas big trade initiative Tuesday, dealing a stunning blow to their own party leader and his rare alliance with the new Senate Republican majority.
Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer voted with all but one Democrat to halt consideration of trade promotion authority, a fast-track process that would restrict Congress to an up-or-down vote without amendment on new trade agreements, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership with Asia. It would be the biggest trade pact ever, covering 40 percent of the global economy.
The 52-45 vote in favor of halting the Democrats filibuster against the fast-track legislation fell far short of the 60 votes needed.
In a scathing speech on the Senate floor, Boxer said she had been suckered into supporting previous fast-track authority. It was an indication of how much Democrats have soured on trade deals since then-President Bill Clinton engineered the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, with Mexico and Canada and brought China into the World Trade Organization during the 1990s.
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The administration is also negotiating a trade deal with Europe. But without fast-track authority shielding the negotiations from later changes by Congress, it will be difficult to close the deals.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said the rejection tells the rest of the world that America cant be depended upon.
Im glad evil Obama got defeated on this trade deal. It would have allowed UNRESTRICTED immigration into the USA, proof:
That means hundreds of millions of 3rd world immigrants flooding the USA
Just another crime of Obama:
Obama and the FCC will shut down Drudge and freerepublic, and the Internet. I cant believe even on this site people dont seem to know or care what Obama is going to do to the Internet:
FCC Commissioner: Feds May Come for Drudge [Isaiah 29]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3286140/posts
Im glad evil Obama got defeated on this trade deal. It would have allowed UNRESTRICTED immigration into the USA, proof:
That means hundreds of millions of 3rd world immigrants flooding the USA
Why is wunderkind Ted Cruz supporting it with all his might ?
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