Democrats Seek to Drive Wedge Between Trump and GOP on Outsourcing

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Democrats Seek to Drive Wedge Between Trump and GOP on Outsourcing

By Niels Lesniewski - Posted Dec 8, 2016 3:20 PM

Schumer joins with CAP Action Fund, labor to launch outsourcing tracker

The incoming Senate minority leader along with other Democrats and organized labor are trying to drive a wedge between congressional Republicans and President-elect Donald Trump over the issue of outsourcing.

The potential for common ground between Trump and Democrats is getting an early test, with Sen. Charles E. Schumer of New York pushing Trump to weigh in against the move by House Republicans to exclude “Buy America” language from a water infrastructure bill.

“The simple question before our Republican colleagues was, ‘Should American steel be used to rebuild America’s infrastructure?’ They up and said no,” Schumer said. “Those are not the kind of policies the president-elect talked about in his campaign. We’re asking him to weigh in on this issue, to tell the Republicans in the House and Senate, put back the ‘Buy America’ provision, plain and simple.”

Schumer appeared with Michigan Democratic Sen. Gary Peters, as well as Center for American Progress Action Fund CEO Neera Tanden and Leo Gerard of the United Steelworkers at the Capitol to launch a new effort to keep track of American jobs eliminated as a result of moves overseas...



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