Schumer at Center of Trade Compromise

[Cheese Sandwich]

Schumer all along — both in committee and at the microphones Tuesday — said his goal was not to use his currency proposal as a poison pill to kill fast track, which is why he offered it as an amendment to the separate customs bill last month.

That had an incredulous Majority Leader Mitch McConnell repeatedly quoting Schumer to rebuff a push by some Democrats to package all four bills together, a move the Kentucky Republican said would kill the underlying measure and turn it into veto bait.

The deal offered by Schumer at the microphones Tuesday — votes on all of the bills — is ultimately what McConnell accepted Wednesday.

“Democrats are not going to go … down this path without assurances from Sen. McConnell that we are going to get opportunities to vote on all of these bills,” Schumer said Tuesday.
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more: http://blogs.rollcall.com/wgdb/schumer-at-center-of-democrats-trade-drama/


Let us recall this conversation about Mr. Schumer one week ago:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6634741

[moondust]

1. You don't suppose...

Schumer's Wall Street constituents could have possibly leaned on him to maybe GET IT DONE...OR ELSE!???

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

2. Or, his broker.

[Cheese Sandwich]

3. That's who he works for. He was never against it. He's helping shepherd it through.