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DesertFlower

(11,649 posts) Fri Jun 12, 2015, 05:16 PM Jun 2015

obama backed trade bill fails in house.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/president-obama-is-all-in-on-trade-sees-it-as-a-cornerstone-of-his-legacy/2015/06/12/32b6dce8-1073-11e5-a0dc-2b6f404ff5cf_story.html?wpisrc=al_alert-COMBO-politics%2Bnation

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obama backed trade bill fails in house. (Original Post) DesertFlower Jun 2015 OP

Hot damn...can we cheer yet? dixiegrrrrl Jun 2015 #1

dixiegrrrrl

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1. Hot damn...can we cheer yet?

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Fri Jun 12, 2015, 06:40 PM

Jun 2015

President Obama suffered a major defeat to his Pacific Rim free trade initiative Friday as House Democrats helped derail a key presidential priority despite his last-minute, personal plea on Capitol Hill.

The House voted 302 to 126 to sink a measure to grant financial aid to displaced workers, fracturing hopes at the White House that Congress would grant Obama fast-track trade authority to complete an accord with 11 other Pacific Rim nations.

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