Making sense of Friday’s trade votes

On Friday, House lawmakers on both sides of the aisle defeated the Trade Adjustment Assistance measure yet approved Trade Promotion Authority. The TAA measure failed despite intense, 11th-hour lobbying efforts by President Obama.

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The Washington Examiner’s Pete Kasperowicz explains what those measures are, and what the votes mean for Obama’s agenda.

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