Tag: Fast Track

Now Obama faces Fast Track opposition from the Right

Now Obama faces Fast Track opposition from the Right

Susan Ferrechio · April 23, 2015 9:00 am

Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, and Rep. Maxine Waters of California, his counterpart on the House Financial Services Committee, sent a letter to congressional leaders and appropriators. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

Fast Track committee vote prompts furious lobbying

Sean Higgins · April 22, 2015 8:45 pm

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., penned a joint op-ed for the Wall Street Journal Wednesday calling on Congress to pass Trade Promotion Authority legislation. (AP Photos)

Cruz, Ryan urge Senate to pass Fast Track

Sean Higgins · April 22, 2015 2:18 pm

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, March 11, 2015 in Washington. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Trade critics push Wyden on Internet concerns

Sean Higgins · March 17, 2015 9:00 am

"I think the president will lose any leverage that he may have to pass a transportation bill if they do the trade deal first," Rep. Tim Ryan, an Ohio Democrat, said. (AP File)

Trade deal critics urge Obama to take up transportation bill first

Sean Higgins · March 16, 2015 7:19 pm

The AFL-CIO headquarters is shown in Washington, DC, 01 August 2005. (PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)

Labor seeks to make pro-trade Dems a liability for party

Sean Higgins · March 12, 2015 9:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., holds a post-vote press conference with reporters Tuesday. Efforts to pass an extension of expired unemployment benefits have stalled, and the clock is ticking down towards recess next week. (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Harry Reid says no to fast-track authority on trade deals

Sean Lengell · January 30, 2014 5:00 am