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House Rejects Trade Bill, Rebuffing Obama’s Dramatic Appeal
New York Times ^ | June 12, 2015 | Jonathan Weissman

Posted on 06/12/2015 10:52:45 AM PDT by nwrep

House Democrats rebuffed a dramatic personal appeal from President Obama on Friday, torpedoing his ambitious push to expand his trade negotiating power — and, quite likely, his chance to secure a legacy-defining trade accord spanning the Pacific Ocean.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: obamatrade; tisa; tpa; tpp; wikileaks
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To: donna
No catch, Congressman don't like pressure from the WH.

The Constitution was set up to make each branch jealous of their own power.

Obama is a lameduck, and the Congressman have to run again.

41 posted on 06/12/2015 11:07:09 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: SoFloFreeper
They always say that.

When Obamacare collapses, they will claim it is a win for Obama.

42 posted on 06/12/2015 11:07:56 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: nwrep

The whole ‘free trade’ idea is a misnomer. It is free for our supposed partners and extremely expensive for the USA. We lose jobs, manufacturers go overseas, the other nations cheat, and the little return we do see is them shipping billions of cheap American knockoffs back to us for our newly hired, $7 an hour stockers to put on the shelves at Dollar General and WalMart. None of these ‘free trade’ deals have helped the working man or small business.

Besides, no president should have the power to sign secret deals or near secret deals. What were we thinging!?


43 posted on 06/12/2015 11:08:14 AM PDT by xzins (Donate to the Freep-a-Thon or lose your ONLY voice. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: alloysteel
Madame Benghazi, the Cold & Joyless...

I am so stealing that. ;-)

44 posted on 06/12/2015 11:08:52 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: McGruff

It’s the beginning of the end of for the Republicans. Leadership have soured their brand badly by this aborted deal with the devil. Even Cruz fell off the political cliff over this one. We need a new party that the majority of the citizens in this country and heeds the consent of the governed. At this time, we have government of the cabal, by the cabal and for the cabal.


45 posted on 06/12/2015 11:09:00 AM PDT by concernedcitizen76 (Term limits. Repeal the 16th and 17th amendments. Sunset bureaucracies.)
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To: lucky american
No, the Democrats who have to face reelection aren't going to sell out the Unions for a lame duck President.

It was a loss for Obama and the GOP leadership.

46 posted on 06/12/2015 11:09:15 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: Balding_Eagle

47 posted on 06/12/2015 11:09:24 AM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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To: concernedcitizen76

We need a new party that represents the majority of the citizens in this country


48 posted on 06/12/2015 11:09:56 AM PDT by concernedcitizen76 (Term limits. Repeal the 16th and 17th amendments. Sunset bureaucracies.)
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To: concernedcitizen76

True. We see how quickly they were willing to sell us out!


49 posted on 06/12/2015 11:09:59 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: nwrep

Roger Hedgcock just said it passed. I’m confused.


50 posted on 06/12/2015 11:10:16 AM PDT by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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To: nwrep

It took Democrats to kill their President’s bill, Republicans pushed hard to the end to pass it.


51 posted on 06/12/2015 11:10:32 AM PDT by Kenny (,)
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To: McGruff

The GOP leadership is crushed! LOL!


52 posted on 06/12/2015 11:10:58 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: RummyChick
I don’t understand this whole thing.

You're not alone - only emperor Hussein and his butt boy, Little Johnny Boehner, know what's in it. That's what comes when you have "SECRET" bills that no one is allowed to read - 'You have to pass it before you can find out what's in it!'.

Somehow I doubt that the Founding Fathers would've tolerated this.

53 posted on 06/12/2015 11:11:01 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (0bama may not be THE antiCHRIST, but he's definitely ANTI - CHRIST!)
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To: nwrep

It’s somewhat unnerving I find myself agreeing with the dims on this....although for entirely different reasons.


54 posted on 06/12/2015 11:11:43 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: nwrep

It’s somewhat unnerving I find myself agreeing with the dims on this....although for entirely different reasons.


55 posted on 06/12/2015 11:11:45 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: nwrep
WOW! Who has that little anigif of Boehner crying?
Poor Boehner didn't get to give his good buddy 0bozo what he wanted.
I guess he'll have to have a few stiff drinks.
56 posted on 06/12/2015 11:11:47 AM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: RummyChick
I heard something to the effect that the RINOS were against the "displaced worker" bill, and the Dems for it.

And the without that bill, the trade bill was derailed.

Reminds me of how the BHO twisted the meaning of "displaced worker" to include the union that struck and killed off the twinkie company. Continental Bakeries, maybe?

57 posted on 06/12/2015 11:12:32 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: oh8eleven; All
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.

Except that they wouldn't tell us what was in the bill, so it is right to automatically reject anything that hasn't seen the light of day, very similar to obalahblahcare. If I don't know what's in it, then I can't vote for it, right? I just can't believe I am on the side of mostly democrats on this...the world truly has turned upside down.
58 posted on 06/12/2015 11:13:38 AM PDT by notdownwidems (Washington DC has become the enemy of free people everywhere)
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To: Old Sarge

1) If the bill failing is true, I am surprised. When the vote was scheduled I assumed it would be an establishment win. They don’t schedule votes without knowing in advance the outcome.

2) If the bill failing is true, it is temporary. The Senate did the same thing, with the same players, too. Democrats rejected this deal in the Senate, too, and Obama, using every tool from NSA records to offers of wealth, changed their minds. Same thing applies here.


59 posted on 06/12/2015 11:14:16 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The new GOP slogan: "Vote for us!!! We're 15% less evil than the Democrats!!!")
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To: Calvin Locke
Did Boehner cry 96 tears?

Thirty silver tears.

60 posted on 06/12/2015 11:14:58 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The new GOP slogan: "Vote for us!!! We're 15% less evil than the Democrats!!!")
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