Trade promotion authority is not dead yet
To read the media and progressive email blasts, one would think that the Trade Promotion Authority failed in the House today, but it did not. The trade assistance bill, legislation that would provide...
View ArticlePelosi Says Passing Trade For Obama Isn't Her Burden To Bear
WASHINGTON -- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said she doesn't plan on rallying Democrats to vote for legislation that would give President Barack Obama fact-track authority to speed...
View ArticleElizabeth Warren Agrees With Rush Limbaugh On Trade, And No One's More...
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) found herself searching for the right words on Thursday to capture her feelings about sharing a position with conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh....
View ArticleHow The White House And Paul Ryan Are Making Sure Forced Labor Remains Part...
WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives will quickly get down to unfinished business once it returns from the holiday recess: defending trading partners that engage in slavery. The House, according...
View ArticleObama Trade Agenda Suffers Setback in House
President Barack Obama's ambitious Asia-Pacific free-trade agenda was dealt a serious blow Friday when the House of Representatives voted against part of a trade package. A solid majority of Obama's...
View ArticleU.S. House Looks To Buy Time For Obama's Trade Agenda
11:42 AM ET Marilyn Geewax Twitter Even by the standards of gridlocked, intrigue-filled Washington, today's House vote to keep the trade agenda alive will be exceptionally complicated. But it's...
View ArticleJeb Bush to announce White House bid on June 15-campaign website
WASHINGTON Jeb Bush will announce his bid for the Republican presidential nomination on June 15 in Miami, finally jumping into the crowded field after a chorus of criticism about how he is handling his...
View ArticleHas a Horse Ever Won the Triple Crown in Baseball?
Horse racing represents the two things I hate most: animal abuse and rich white people celebrating. Nevertheless, congratulations to American Pharoah on winning the equestrian Triple Crown. Animal...
View ArticleThe Trouble With Horse Racing
Have we, as a nation, lost our bearings? Have we lost all sense of proportion? The jubilation and near-hysterical levels of enthusiasm in response to American Pharoah winning horse racing's Triple...
View ArticleU.S. House rejects key element of President Obama's trade agenda
WASHINGTON, June 12 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday failed to approve the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) legislation, which would have given aid to U.S. workers who lose...
View ArticleJeb Bush staff shake-up: Sign he's losing 'invisible primary'?
Jeb Bush shook up his staff Monday amid reports that he and his supporters aren’t pleased with the progress, or lack thereof, of his campaign for the White House. Yes, we know he hasn’t officially...
View ArticleJeb Bush poised to launch 2016 bid
Miami (CNN)Jeb Bush, a scion of the most recognizable family in Republican politics who fashioned an image as a sober-minded conservative truth-teller while governor of Florida, is poised to run for...
View ArticleGeorge F. Will commentary: A vote for trade authority is not a vote for Obama
Before presidential politics — the game of getting to 270 electoral votes — completely eclipses governing, there is the urgent task of getting to 217 votes in the House of Representatives to pass Trade...
View ArticleHouse allows more time on trade, with no solution in sight
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House is giving lawmakers and the White House more time to try to undo the congressional impasse on President Barack Obama's trade agenda. But leaders of both parties say there's...
View ArticleWill: Support for trade authority is not a vote for Obama
WASHINGTON Before presidential politics -- the game of getting to 270 electoral votes -- completely eclipses governing, there is the urgent task of getting to 217 votes in the House of Representatives...
View ArticleTOWARD GROWTH WILL - A vote for TPA is not a vote for Obama
WASHINGTON Before presidential politics — the game of getting to 270 electoral votes — completely eclipses governing, there is the urgent task of getting to 218 votes in the House of Representatives to...
View ArticleA vote for TPA is not a vote for Obama
Before presidential politics — the game of getting to 270 electoral votes — completely eclipses governing, there is the urgent task of getting to 217 votes in the House of Representatives to pass Trade...
View ArticleAmerica Breaks the Middle East
In diplomacy, as in war (“diplomacy by other means,” according to Clausewitz), it can be useful to distinguish goals from strategies. America’s goals in the Middle East are clear: it wants Middle...
View ArticleClinton: Obama should use trade fight to his advantage
Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday that President Barack Obama should use a setback in Congress to seek the best possible trade agreement with a 11 other Pacific Rim nations, pointing to the stumbles...
View ArticleObama Trade Defeat Exposes Deep Party Divide
President Obama suffered a stinging rebuke from his party Friday, throwing into limbo his latest effort to aid U.S. workers and exports. Democrats showed no qualms as they walked away from Obama’s...
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