House revives Obama's trade agenda
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Working closely with the White House, the Republican-controlled House revived President Barack Obama's trade agenda on Thursday, voting to strengthen his hand in global negotiations...
View ArticleAfter Handing Obama A Crippling Defeat, House Eyes Next Moves On Trade
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama suffered an embarrassing defeat Friday in his push to pass international trade agreements. But now attention is turning to the next steps, and the president, along...
View ArticleUS House rejects Obama on trade authority
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House of Representatives sidetracked a high-profile White House-backed trade bill, a blow to a pending Asian trade deal and a humiliating defeat for President Barack Obama...
View ArticleObama, GOP try to revive trade agenda, but hurdles await
WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama and his legislative allies scrambled Monday for ways to revive his severely wounded trade agenda, although Democrats and Republicans alike said all options face...
View ArticleObama makes personal appeal on trade before key House vote
WASHINGTON — Despite a last-minute appeal, President Barack Obama's top-priority trade legislation teetered in the House on Friday as Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi joined rebels inside her party and...
View ArticleNo Path Forward On Key Trade Measure
WASHINGTON -- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) provided a grim outlook on Thursday about the future of legislation funding a worker aid program that will be key for pushing President...
View ArticleTrans-Pacific Partnership battle: Barack Obama handed defeat by Democrats
Democratic members of Congress led by Representative Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut hold a news conference to voice their opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. Photo: AFP Washington:...
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 ArticleSenate ready to hand Obama big victory on negotiating trade
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Resistance to President Barack Obama's trade agenda melted away in Congress on Wednesday as the Senate prepared to grant him "fast track" negotiating authority and unhappy House...
View ArticleNancy Pelosi Claims Mantle Of Minority 'Weaver' In New Congress>
WASHINGTON -- Republicans may control Congress for the next two years, but House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is already showing the GOP -- and the White House -- that she won't be a passive...
View ArticleTrade bill faces a dim future after Democrats thwart Obama
Share PhotoReddit✉ House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio walks toward the House floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, June 12, 2015. Earlier, the president made an 11th-hour appeal to dubious...
View ArticleRepublican-led Congress hands Obama major win on trade
WASHINGTON — In a triumph of divided government, the Republican-controlled Congress passed major trade legislation Wednesday that was long-sought by President Barack Obama but vehemently opposed by...
View ArticleHouse Advances Fast-Track Trade Do-Over
WASHINGTON -- The GOP-led House of Representatives started over on trade Thursday, passing a fresh bill to give President Barack Obama sweeping powers to negotiate massive international agreements. The...
View ArticleObama's Trade Defeat Threatens Second-Term Agenda
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and Republican leaders in Congress face long odds in trying to revive trade legislation after a telling defeat engineered by President Barack Obama's fellow Democrats....
View ArticleNancy Pelosi May Save The Iran Negotiations For Obama
WASHINGTON -- The United States Senate has spent the better part of the past two years working to inject itself into nuclear negotiations between Iran and a coalition of countries that includes the...
View ArticleHouse GOP Eyes Clean Fast-Track Trade Bill Without TAA Funding
WASHINGTON -- After the House of Representatives dealt a setback to President Barack Obama’s trade agenda last week, GOP leadership is considering stand-alone legislation to give the president...
View ArticleBalancing act for House Democratic Leader Pelosi on trade
WASHINGTON (AP) — As House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi delivered the signature achievement of President Barack Obama's first term: his health care bill. Now Obama's top second-term goal, a major trade deal...
View ArticlePelosi-Obama Cold Front Heads West
On Friday, one of the Democratic Party’s most generous supporters may view up close what “climate change” looks like when President Obama and Nancy Pelosi are together at his house near San Francisco...
View ArticlePresident Obama's Playbook To Reboot His Trade Deal
Less than a week after his own party handed him a stinging defeat on trade, President Obama is attempting to reboot legislation that would pave the way for a major trade deal with Asian-Pacific...
View ArticleRoad Ahead For Obama's Trade Agenda Remains Uncertain In House
WASHINGTON -- After his own party dealt him a stunning defeat last week, President Barack Obama may find little consolation returning to work Monday as the path forward for his trade agenda remains...
View ArticleInside the trade bill's collapse
(CNN)There's no path for Congress to send President Barack Obama a historic free trade package right now, potentially marking the death of a measure he envisioned as a pillar of his second-term legacy....
View ArticleHopes of passing TPP dwindle in U.S. / Clinton calls Democrats’ concerns...
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) — Hopes of reviving the White House’s drive for a Pacific trade pact looked increasingly uncertain on Monday as no clear path forward for it in Congress emerged and...
View ArticlePath forward uncertain as trade measure stalls in Congress
Days after President Obama's trade agenda was scuttled by members of his own party, the White House and congressional Republicans have found no clear path forward, raising doubts about what was...
View ArticleOn Trade, President Obama is All Alone
Hillary Clinton dissed him. Nancy Pelosi subverted him. Now, it's looking ever more unlikely that the White House will be able to muster support in the House for President Obama's trade agenda. Behind...
View Article'No One Will Be Negotiating With Leader Pelosi On A Path Forward'
WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has no plans to negotiate with House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) after her caucus torpedoed a trade deal backed by President Barack Obama...
View ArticleLong odds ahead now for Obama on his troubled trade agenda
The White House and Republican leaders in Congress face long odds in trying to revive trade legislation after a telling defeat engineered by President Barack Obama's fellow Democrats. Obama's ambitious...
View ArticleDefeat for Obama on trade as Democrats vote against him
Setback for future trade agreements as strange coalition of Democrats and conservative Republicans come together to defeat president...
View ArticleRepublicans help Obama rescue trade deal
WASHINGTON — The Senate pushed bipartisan trade legislation to the brink of final approval Tuesday in a combined effort by President Barack Obama and Republican congressional leaders to rescue a...
View ArticleObama confident Congress will vote for trade
Days after the House of Representatives handed President Barack Obama a stunning defeat on trade, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said he is still confident that Congress will pass the...
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