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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...

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Pelosi 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...

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Elizabeth 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....

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How 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...

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Obama 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...

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U.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...

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Jeb 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...

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Has 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...

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The 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...

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U.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...

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Jeb 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...

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Jeb 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...

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George 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...

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House 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...

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Will: 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...

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TOWARD 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...

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A 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...

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America 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...

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Clinton: 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...

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Obama 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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