Pro-trade Democrats get a trip to Germany on Air Force One

[Purveyor]

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON
The White House says President Barack Obama will host four House Democrats aboard Air Force One this weekend as he travels to a summit of leading industrialized countries in Germany. The lawmakers all support Obama's efforts to win special authority to negotiate a Pacific rim trade deal.

Obama is courting Democrats for his trade agenda against vigorous opposition from labor unions, environmental groups and liberal organizations. A majority of Republicans support the legislation, which allows Congress to reject or approve, but not change, trade deals negotiated by the administration.

The four lawmakers are Reps. Gerry Connolly of Virginia, Jim Himes of Connecticut, Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas and Mike Quigley of Illinois. They are among only 17 House Democrats publicly backing Obama's request for "fast track" trade negotiating authority.



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[Cooley Hurd]

1. Wow...

[olddots]

2. remember these names

vote them out for selling us out .

[djean111]

3. Yeah, baby! Wonder how many will get cuff-links like Jamie Dimon got.

"Trade" deal my ass. It is mostly corporate coup.

[delrem]

14. None.

Useless fools or useful tools, but they won't get much.
A little payoff, sure, but nothing like what Jamie Dimon and his backers got.

Look at what Haliburton got out of the Iraq war.

These guys don't operate in a moral universe.

The parts of the TPP that I've read show it to be a "Free Investment Capital Agreement", that dis-empowers the citizenry, the working class, transferring all that power to investment capital.

[840high]

4. Isn't thay special. Remember

the names.

[delrem]

5. "Pro-trade". Classy reportage. nt

[Fearless]

6. It it was a democratic position you wouldn't have to bribe Democrats to embrace it.

[stuffmatters]

7. Who are the other 13 Congress Reps?

[delrem]

15. There's a rotating schedule of "centrists"

to do the right-wing and Republican (pretty much defined by the economic formula of the Republican party) thing.

That's generally understood, now.

[FlatBaroque]

8. Remember when Obama was bribing members to get single payer?

Me neither.

[KoKo]

9. Recommend!

[Jesus Malverde]

11. bump...nt

[Big_Mike]

12. I don't know how he picks and chooses his issues

But the President has not done well in many areas that are traditionally progressive/liberal in nature.

Sigh.

Here is hoping somehow Bernie can pull it off and become the elected leader of our nation.

[Populist_Prole]

13. Shame on any Dem that allows themselves to be bribed for voting against their constituents wishes

Sounds just like Clinton with NAFTA. Arm twisted, schmoozed and whipped house members to vote against their constituent's views.

"Eat your peas" my ass.

A pox on all corporatists.

[joshcryer]

16. Greasing the wheels.