"The House derailed a
high-profile trade bill on Friday in a humiliating defeat for President
Barack
Obama inflicted by Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and dozens of
union-backed lawmakers from his own party.
The 302-126
vote left the legislation in perilous limbo, and came not long after
Obama journeyed to the Capitol with a last-minute personal plea to
fellow Democrats to give him power to negotiate global trade deals that
Congress could approve or reject but not change.
"I don't think
you ever nail anything down around here. It's always moving," the
president said as he departed — a prescient remark given Pelosi's
dramatic announcement later on the House floor.
"Slow
down the fast track to get a better deal for the American people," the
California lawmaker said in a speech that drew handshakes and hugs from
Democrats have labored for months to reject Obama's request for "fast
track" authority in trade talks." Drudge
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