White House Pushes Congress To Prioritize Passing Free Trade Deals

[Purveyor]

Source: THE HILL

By Vicki Needham - 08/14/11 07:46 AM ET

Passing three pending free-trade deals remains a top priority for the White House and congressional leaders as competing interests nudge their way onto the September agenda.

President Obama is vowing to provide a weekly list of new bills he wants Congress to consider, including a payroll tax cut and an extension of federal emergency unemployment benefits, while pressure rises to complete work on the long-delayed trade deals with Colombia, South Korea and Panama.

"Over the coming weeks, I'm going to be putting out more proposals, week by week, that will help businesses hire and put people back to work," Obama said during a Thursday speech in Michigan.

He called for a final agreement on moving the trade deals forward -- the White House and Senate and House leaders are working on the last details on a process to pass the three accords as well as a worker-assistance program.

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[ixion]

1. oh yeah, more free trade agreements... that'll help.

:eyes:

[Autumn]

2. Glad to see he has his priorities.

At least he will try to pass something to help the workers who loose their jobs.

[Harmony Blue]

3. Someone needs to go break the trance

the WH is in because this is really bad.

[pam4water]

4. Every free trade agreement has resulted in job loss. When is he going to get a clue.

[libmom74]

5. Never. Which is why he needs to be primaried.

[Harmony Blue]

6. It sure seems that way

But I am open minded person, so, if anyone can produce any evidence that the net result is job creation for the U.S. with any free trade agreement the floor is yours.

[True Blue Democrat]

7. And people keep asking me to vote for Obama

and yet these jobs are going overseas?

All *FTA deals/agreements needs to be suspended until further notice until equilibrium has been achieved in the United States.

Any further *FTA agreements must now include protection and guarantee of all US jobs. The fact that people ship jobs offshore to keep it on the cheap and pure profit is not the goal of the Democratic Party.

[Fearless]

8. Why am I supposed to vote for someone that is killing jobs?

[zalinda]

9. And, so Obama becomes a one term President.

He is working toward his own demise as President. I don't think any amount of work that progressives do to try to give him a second term, will work. If more people lose jobs, he's toast. The government may not be able to control the anger.

zalinda