House GOP Whip Urges Obama To Get More Democrats.
WASHINGTON -- House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) said Wednesday that GOP leadership doesnt have the votes yet to pass legislation that would give President Barack Obama fast-track authority on trade deals,��.
Union-backed Democrats make final push to kill Obamas.
Union-backed Democrats make final push to kill Obamas trade bill. Posted: June 11, 2015 - 3:53pm. Photos. House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 11, 2015.
Senate clears White House-backed trade bill - The Olympian
Supporters of President Barack Obamas trade agenda hope to fend off hostile Senate amendments Friday and send a major trade bill to the House, where another fierce debate awaits. Senators also. WASHINGTON ��� In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Senate passed bipartisan legislation Friday night to strengthen the administrations hand in global trade talks, clearing the way for a highly unpredictable summer showdown in the House. The vote was��.
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Medicare cuts in trade bill could torpedo Friday House votes
The problem is that to avoid having to send TAA back to the Senate, they left the original language intact and put the new pay-for in the African trade bill. The Medicare cuts are taking this down to the wire, with Minority Leader��.
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Also known as fast-track legislation, the Obama-backed TPA [Trade Promotion Authority] bill failed to advance earlier this year after outgoing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.). On the GOP side, Ed OKeefe and Paul Kane reported on the front page of yesterdays Washington Post that, ���After years of sparring with the White House, Republicans are eager to demonstrate productivity and some level of bipartisan cooperation with Obama and the Democrats.���.
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Warren is leading opposition from the left to President Obamas call for fast-track trade authority, which would make it easier for his administration to negotiate trade deals by preventing Congress from amending them. She also opposed the Obama-backed .
Elizabeth Warrens rise comes at expense of Obama
Over two weeks she engaged in a highly public spat with Obama over the trade bill, which would authorize the president to wrap up trade negotiations and bring a trade deal to Congress later for an up-or-down vote, with no chance for changes.. On.
Fast Track vs. Medicare, silent Olympia, Blondies Golden.
From Roll Call ��� Medicare dispute could derail Friday trade votes ��� A lingering dispute over language regarding Medicare cuts could delay House Republican leaders plan to put a package of four trade bills on Friday.. In todays Washington Post ��� AFL-CIO sends angry letter to Obama on trade ��� AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka has sent a sharply worded letter to President Obama chiding him for having ���repeatedly isolated and marginalized labor and��.
TPP Fast Track Defeated: Trade Promotion Authority for.
(COMMONDREAMS) Update (3 pm EDT): In what was immediately heralded as a victory for the grassroots, Senate Democrats on Tuesday stymied President Barack Obamas corporate-driven trade agenda by voting to prevent the chamber from taking up Fast Track. As the Washington Post reports, the ���vast majority of the 245 House Republicans are expected to support the president, leaving White House officials to find possibly 25 to 30 Democratic votes.
Michigan Democrats oppose fast track trade authority for President Obama
The trade bill introduced today is simply not something I can or will support as it squarely puts the working men and women I represent at a significant disadvantage and does not give them the protections they deserve, U.S. Rep.. Dan Kildee, D.
Obamas plans for trade deals with Asia and Europe in.
Senate legislation fails to pass after Democrats put concerns about US jobs ahead of presidents argument that trade deals will boost global economy.. Dan Roberts and Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington and Dominic Rushe in New York. Tuesday. But White House trade negotiators fear that provisions in the currency bill would prove impossible to introduce into trade talks at this late stage and Republicans have dismissed the issue as a wrecking tactic by Democrats.
Senate clears Obama-backed trade bill in late-night session
WASHINGTON ��� In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Senate passed bipartisan legislation Friday night to strengthen the administrations hand in global trade talks, clearing the way for a highly unpredictable summer showdown in the House.
Currency Manipulation Key Issue In Heated Debate Over.
Calls for currency manipulation prohibitions in the TPP also come amid heated deliberation over legislation that would give President Barack Obama fast-track trade authority. Currency manipulation involves a country��.
Obama attorney general nominee heads for vote after 5 months
Rick Perry is entering the race for the White House.. WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Barack Obamas long-stalled nominee for attorney general, federal prosecutor Loretta Lynch, is on her way to a confirmation vote after senators extricated themselves.
My party fears a debate: This same nervous centrism created the Tea Party
Obama backed the Bush bailout weeks before the 2008 election. Despite tight polls he was widely. Bill Curry was White House counselor to President Clinton and a two-time Democratic nominee for governor of Connecticut. He is at work on a book on .
Obama Fires Back At Elizabeth Warren And Trade Critics, Escalating Democratic.
Warren rallied Democrats against an Obama-backed budget deal that reinstated subsidies for risky Wall Street derivatives trading. Obama ultimately. However, the episode galvanized the progressive wing of the party and highlighted Warrens influence.
Can Elizabeth Warren Kill President Obamas Trade Deal?
In a letter to supporters Thursday afternoon, Warren decried a sub-chapter in the Obama administrations proposed trade deal, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, that would allow companies to sue foreign countries through an extra-judicial tribunal made up.
Fast Track Authority for Toxic Trade Deals Fails Key Vote in.
The White House is brushing off what is now expected to be the imminent filibuster of President Barack Obamas fast-track bill on the Senate floor, with Press Secretary Josh Earnest blaming a ���procedural SNAFU��� for Democrats. But Earnest said Tuesday the president will continue to try and push fast-track authority through the Senate even after pro-trade Senate Democrats indicated they wouldnt back the bill unless several bills ��� including one on currency��.
Obama to travel to Oregon to push trade agenda
���Let me point out the irony of Republicans campaigning very aggressively to win a majority of both houses of Congress so that they could advance their policy agenda, and three months later, turning around to all of you asking what the president is.
Tom Cotton prepares for Patriot Act battle
The 37-year-old Iraq and Afghanistan veteran, who vaulted to the Senate this year after a single term in the House, is maneuvering to build support for extending existing surveillance authority for the U.S. government ��� without the additional.
Elizabeth Warrens carefully choreographed challenges to White House help her.
WASHINGTON ��� She blocked a presidential nominee for a top Treasury post. She nearly shut down the government over a financial regulation provision she didnt like. And last week Elizabeth Warren embarrassed President Obama in the first round of a .
Cruz bashes Obamas history on gun rights
The NRA remained silent in the week after the tragedy, until CEO Wayne LaPierre held a press conference where he called for armed guards at every school to protect students. A number of Democrats and gun-control advocates criticized his response as .
Bitter Defeat in MB Obama FAIL: Key TPP, Gun Confiscation.
A Republican President could easily use a future trade deal to override our domestic financial rules,��� the Washington Post quoted Warren in a recent speech. ���And this is hardly a hypothetical possibility: We are already deep��.
Senate Democrats Knock Down Obamas Trade Bill
WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats dealt a stinging blow to President Barack Obama Tuesday by blocking legislation that would grant him authority to fast-track international trade deals.. NFL �� College Football �� MLB �� Fails �� Highlights.. McConnell has the authority to bring the legislation back after cutting deals with Democrats, but it now faces an uphill battle in the Senate and an even tougher fight in the House, where a substantial bloc of Republicans and the��.
Senate Democrats Defeat The President: Why Obama Is.
The passage failed after a leading pro-trade Democrat said he would oppose the bill: Ron Wyden, the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, said he would vote no and his loss was a major blow to hopes of attracting a sufficient. of the entire Senate on Mr. Obamas trade policy, which has stirred fierce opposition among unions, environmentalists and other liberal and conservative organizations but is backed by many economists and business groups.
Pacific and European trade deals may be back on track as.
Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington. 143. The US Senate reached a compromise on Wednesday to advance Barack Obamas sweeping trade agenda, one day after a failed vote dealt an early blow to the White Houses pursuit of new free trade agreements with Asia and Europe.. The White House has long been calling on Congress to pass a fast-track bill and dubbed the Senates failure to clear the first procedural hurdle in doing so on Tuesday as a ���procedural snafu���.
Nike backs trade deal ahead of Obama visit
Democrats and labor unions are irked by Obamas choice of Nike to push for a fast-track trade bill, given it is a major importer that has faced accusations of lax labor and environmental standards at its Asian manufacturing plants.. In a White House.
Elizabeth Warren Details Obamas Broken Trade Promises
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) issued a report Monday morning detailing decades of failed trade enforcement by American presidents including Barack Obama, the latest salvo in an ongoing.. Regardless of what the final TPP deal looks like, presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Obama himself, have all failed to effectively enforce promises to protect workers, even as rogue regimes have continued to benefit from other provisions of the��.
Obama-backed trade bill fails in the House
Lawmakers said the White House had pushed harder on trade than any legislative issue since the health-care reform effort during his first year. After keeping trade on the back burner, Obama joined forces with business-friendly Republicans after the.