Skip to content
RollCall logo

Video

Obama Won’t Sign TPA Without TAA

By JM Rieger
Posted June 17, 2015 at 7:45pm

By JM Rieger and Steven T. Dennis

[jwp-video n=”1″]

President Barack Obama isn’t going to support a strategy that gives him half a loaf on his trade agenda, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters Wednesday.With Capitol Hill leaders working on a plan that would split Trade Promotion Authority from Trade Adjustment Assistance, Earnest made clear Obama will demand both. “The only legislative strategy that the president will support is a strategy that results in both TPA and TAA coming to his desk,” he said. Read more.

Recent Stories

Bobby Pulido, here at a campaign event in Goliad, Texas, in September, is among the Democratic candidates in the party's "Red to Blue" program who outraised their Republican opponents in the third quarter.

‘Red to Blue’ Democrats rake in more than GOP rivals in third quarter

South Carolina Democrat Annie Andrews, here greeting prospective voters in Edisto Island, S.C., in August, outraised Republican Sen. Darline Graham during the third fundraising quarter, new federal filings show.

Senate Democratic candidates in red states dominate third-quarter fundraising

Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti, Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania’s 8th District, listens to Jon “Bowzer” Bauman, president of Social Security Works PAC — and former signer for the band Sha Na Na —  perform during a campaign event in Jessup, Pa., on Oct. 7, 2026.

Capitol Lens — Canvassing the Keystone State

For farmers in agriculture-heavy states, the price of diesel is hitting home in the weeks before the midterm elections.

Diesel dilemma squeezes Republicans in America’s heartland

House Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain, R-Mich., and other GOP leaders speak to reporters after a Sept. 1 conference meeting.

‘Scrappy’ conference chair helped shape GOP midterm message

President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport in Bullhead City, Ariz., on Wednesday.

‘Should be shot’: Trump intensifies midterms messaging