Key House Democrat Vows To Scuttle Obama's Fast-Track Trade Authority
Source: Huffington Post
WASHINGTON -- Just before President Barack Obama pleaded with members of his party on Friday to support a bill to "fast track" his proposed trade agreements, the top Democrat on the House committee writing the legislation criticized the president for squandering the chance to win that support.
'The administration and the Republicans have missed an opportunity which could have led to a bipartisan support that always has been my aim," Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich.), the ranking Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee, told reporters shortly before Obama spoke at a press conference on Friday.
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"The administration has essentially given us the power to defeat TPA," Levin said during a discussion with reporters in which he released seven pages of objections to the fast-track legislation that he said had not been addressed.
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After Hatch, Wyden and Ryan culminated negotiations with the White House over TPA that excluded Levin and other Democrats, Levin announced his opposition in no uncertain terms.
"I'm out to defeat the Hatch-Wyden bill," he said Friday.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/17/obama-fast-track_n_7088912.html
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It's all cool. It was from a different source.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12776457
