Thursday, the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee will debate lifting the export ban on crude oil. The Agriculture Committee held a hearing Wednesday on the issue. Cramer told Breitbart News that many independent studies show that lifting the crude oil export ban would more likely bring the price of fuel down.
Talk radio host Rush Limbaugh argued that the secrecy of various trade deals shows “donors are running the game here” on Tuesday. Rush said that what the procedure around deals such as TPP “demonstrates is that the group of people
Buried under “crippling local government and corporate debt”, the Red Dragon’s current debt restructuring plan amounts to “little more than creative financial-engineering.” Lombard believes that China still has the ability address the nation’s debt-bomb, but the fuse is now burning.
In his weekly presidential address posted on Saturday, President Barack Obama lobbied for the passage of the Trade Promotion Authority and other trade legislation being considered by Congress. Obama touted the progress made in the last five years and argued
“I always like to preface all of this with, I’m a free trader, I’m for selling American products everywhere,” said Perry. “I’m a very strong proponent of economic development and trade. America can compete with anybody in the world…you give us a level playing field, and American workers will compete anywhere in the world. And we make good products, and our agricultural products are the best in the world.”
“Obviously, democracy can be contentious,” President Obama told lawmakers. “There are times where people have deep, principled disagreements. But I hope that events like today remind us that ultimately we’re all on the same team — and that’s the American team.”
Spokesman Josh Earnest continued to describe Pelosi’s rebellion against President Obama on trade as a “procedural snafu” that would be addressed. He confirmed that Obama had been speaking with Speaker John Boehner on the phone about trade in recent days, but not Pelosi.
On Friday’s broadcast of PBS’s “NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks sounded off on the defeat of the trade bill legislation in Congress earlier in the day and put the blame on President Barack Obama. According to Brooks, the
As the crucial vote for fast-track trade authorities looms, President Obama is headed over to Capitol Hill to make his case to House Democrats who are on the fence about supporting the president’s proposal.
“Well part of the leverage is, if I’m in a trade relationship with them, that allows me to raise standards, now they have to start thinking about how quick they’re chopping down their forests and what kinds of standards they need to apply to environmental conservation,” President Obama says.
State Sen. Kelli Ward, a conservative Republican and family practice physician who’s considering running against McCain, told Breitbart News exclusively that she doesn’t believe the secrecy surrounding Obamatrade is the way government should operate.
A few weeks ago, Breitbart News took a look at China’s plans to rebuild the fabled “Silk Road” trade route through Asia and Europe. It is an ambitious plan to construct roads, railways, and shipping lanes, potentially consuming a large portion of the construction and transportation capital China has hoarded. Some analysts are skeptical of the plan, believing China is talking a much bigger game than it intends to play.
The 39 California Democrat members of the House of Representatives almost unanimously oppose Barack Obama’s request for fast-track trade promotion authority, which would expedite his desire to pass the 12-nation Asian trade deal called the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the Sacramento Bee reports.
In this week’s Republican video address, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) touted the importance of passing the so-called Trans-Pacific Partnership and attack his Democratic colleagues for not supporting the legislation, which has the backing of Republicans and President Barack Obama. Transcript as
The exchange of favors is unseemly, because the president essentially validated Nike’s highly criticized and dubious corporate outsourcing model, and for a mere pittance.
Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) stated that President Obama’s criticisms of Senator Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) trade position were “disrespectful” and “perhaps” sexist on Tuesday. Brown said, “I think the president was disrespectful to her, by the way he did that.” And
“I would urge you to withhold judgement about the president’s persuasion ability, until we’ve had an opportunity to advance this legislation,” White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said cryptically.
What has President Obama done to earn my trust and the trust of the American people over the past six years? The answer: nothing.
Unfortunately, the WSJ editorial page’s ability to research and evaluate immigration plans honestly appears to be lacking. Perhaps it was bought off by its corporate paymasters.
Sessions argued that Americans have been harmed by recent trade agreements, saying that the percentage of Americans with a job are at its lowest points since the 1970s, wages have declined since 2000 and family income has declined $3,000 since 2009.
Democratic Congressman Ami Bera, who represents California’s tightly-contested 7th district in eastern Sacramento County, has been accused of plagiarizing in an op-ed he wrote for the Sacramento Bee on Sunday, according to the Bee. In the column, Bera supported a Trade Promotion Authority bill giving Barack Obama “fast-track” authority to negotiate a trade deal.
“It’s been almost an out of body experience but we’ve been working closely with the White House,” Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says about working with President Obama. “We’re working together to try to get it across the finish line.”
The Senate Finance Committee’s vote late Wednesday to approve “fast track” trade legislation revealed two things: Some Democrats strongly support the measure, and concerns about China’s currency practices will dog the bill as it moves through Congress.
An unscheduled and unannounced hearing of the Senate Finance Committee was apparently called to discuss a Pacific trade deal. The hearing was not announced on the committee’s website earlier this week, and was not on the committee calendar according to the press office until yesterday.
A recent report by in the Dallas Morning News suggests that the historically strong ties between the State of Texas and Mexico may be under a considerable amount of strain. Despite the region’s powerhouse cross-border economy, recent decisions regarding illegal immigration and border security have left Mexico feeling rebuffed.
