The Democratic presidential primary is becoming a big problem for what would be President Trump’s most significant bipartisan achievement
The Democratic presidential primary is becoming a big problem for what would be President Donald Trump’s premier bipartisan achievement.
Former Vice President Joe Biden has also sought changes to the trade deal, and Democratic Sens. Cory Booker of New Jersey and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota each said they oppose the agreement as written, with Klobuchar calling for alterations and Booker saying Trump’s “all bluster on these deals.” Those comments underscore the potentially debilitating intraparty fight that would await Democrats if Pelosi were to put the deal on the House floor.
“As soon as this starts spilling into the fall and next year, it gets much, much harder to get done,” said Senate Majority Whip John Thune . “Times a wastin’ if we don’t get this teed up here pretty soon.” Lighthizer is well aware that Pelosi has chosen to avoid a divisive trade battle with her party before: After becoming speaker in 2007, she froze President George W. Bush’s trade deals with Colombia, Panama and South Korea. Congress only passed agreements with those countries after some were renegotiated by the new Democratic President Barack Obama in 2011.Sign Up
In an interview, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer made clear he did not speak for Pelosi, but said “as of now, unless we have tough labor protections, they’re not going to get it passed.”
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