House Democrats rebuff Obama on trade, delivering major defeat

[zorgon]

House Democrats rebuff Obama on trade, delivering major defeat



House Democrats dealt President Obama a humiliating defeat on his free-trade initiative Friday, derailing a key priority for the president and rebuffing his rare, personal pleas for their support.

The defeat at the hands of his own party placed Obama's trade agenda in limbo and exposed deep party divisions on economic policy, leaving the pro-trade Democrats marginalized by the anti-corporate wing of the party which has been on the rise since the 2008 financial collapse. It also exposed the weakening hand of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who had worked for days to avoid a Democratic takedown of the president's agenda, only to throw her support in with the rank-and-file rebellion at the last minute.

The fate of the trade legislation now depends on Obama's ability, along with business-friendly interests, to persuade dozens and dozens of Democrats to switch their votes before a planned do-over vote early next week.

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

[zorgon]

Obama doesn't look to happy

House Kills Fast-Track Of Obamatrade After Pelosi-Led Democrat Rebellion


Following Pelosi's comments that "its defeat is the only way we will be able to slow down fast track," and "people would rather have a job than assistance", the defeat of a measure to provide aid to workers displaced by trade deals means the fast-tracking of the TPP is done (for now).


*HOUSE HAS ENOUGH VOTES TO DEFEAT TRADE BILL
And with a whopping 302 votes against, House democrats just stunned the democrat president by ending the "fast-track" of the TPP and forcing it back to the drawing room table. As the NYT puts it:

House Democrats rebuffed a dramatic personal appeal from President Obama on Friday, torpedoing his ambitious push to expand his trade negotiating power — and, quite likely, his chance to secure a legacy-defining trade accord spanning the Pacific Ocean.
Of course this can all go back for another markup and another amendment but for now. TPP needs the passage of the TAA to send the bill back to Obama for his signature, which means we are back to square one.



http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-06-12/house-kills-obamas-tpp-bill-after-pelosi-led-democrat-rebellion

[petrus4]

It's always encouraging to see the legislative branch occasionally disprove my opinion of it.

I wish Obama would take his mask off.  Things like this demonstrate that he is a corporate psychopath.  The flowery, Utopian verbiage comes out of one side of his mouth, while we have to rely on Alex Jones or Before It's News to tell us about what is coming out the other side.

This is why I honestly respected Dick Cheney more than I do Barry.  Cheney might have been a complete monster, but at least he never pretended to be anything else.  If there is one thing I can't stand, it is dishonesty.

[zorgon]

How about JUST ONCE you recognize that the pendulum is swinging... that congress and others are starting to wake up and FIX things?

Cops are being arrested and charged with Murder  This is a BIG STEP back to normality 

Stop pontificating the psycopaths. Focus on the fact that there are those saying "Enough is Enough!!"

His own Democrats turned on him  In BIG numbers. THIS is big news

[petrus4]

How about JUST ONCE you recognize that the pendulum is swinging... that congress and others are starting to wake up and FIX things?

Granted.  Apparently the Patriot Act wasn't renewed, as well.  Positive things are happening.

[zorgon]

Granted.  Apparently the Patriot Act wasn't renewed, as well.  Positive things are happening.

YES!!! Now you got it

Gold for that realization

If we start seeking out all the POSITIVE news and posting THAT  just MAYBE that snowball will grow faster

After all haven't we all decided here that the Law of Attraction DOES work?

[petrus4]

After all haven't we all decided here that the Law of Attraction DOES work?

Wishful thinking for or against notwithstanding, I have started to realise that the proverbial tide genuinely is turning, over the last couple of days.  I've been reading about more and more people who are opting out of the urban rat race, and attempting to live on a small, rural level.




I can foresee a time when the false flags no longer happen at this point, as well.  There are apparently a lot of people around who seem to be very tired of fear and its' use as a rationale for psychopathic fascism, to the point where they are simply no longer willing to tolerate it at all.

Also, things keep moving forward with clean power generation as well.  So there is some cause for optimism.