So far, so good...
President Obama suffered a major defeat to his Pacific Rim free trade initiative Friday as House Democrats helped derail a key presidential priority despite his last-minute, personal plea on Capitol Hill.
The House voted 302 to 126 to sink a measure to grant financial aid to displaced workers, fracturing hopes at the White House that Congress would grant Obama fast-track trade authority to complete an accord with 11 other Pacific Rim nations.
From what I know about the details (not much), this is only one component of the whole unread bag o' shit they're trying to pass.
As Ace points out this afternoon, it doesn't matter: we don't trust the Republicans any more so it doesn't matter what they say. |