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After Attacking Warren, Obama Having Trouble Selling TPP to Fellow Dems [View all]
After Attacking Warren, Obama Having Trouble Selling TPP to Fellow Dems
By Mike Lillis and Jordan Fabian, The Hill
15 May 15
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/30179-after-attacking-warren-obama-having-trouble-selling-tpp-to-fellow-dems
President Obama's sharp rebuke of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D) over his ambitious trade agenda is backfiring in the House, where the personal attacks are alienating the same Democrats the president is courting for votes.
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The tough tenor was designed to rally the backing of more Democrats, particularly in the House, where GOP leaders are struggling to find the 217 votes needed to pass the fast-track bill aimed at facilitating those pacts.
Instead, Obama's rhetoric — he said his critics were "just wrong" in an interview with Yahoo published Saturday — seems to have exacerbated tensions between Democrats and the White House, which could make it tougher to move one of the president's top legislative priorities through Congress this year. "You and I can disagree about policy, but I can't call you a bad person or impugn your motives or anything else — except at great risk," Rep. Jim McDermott (Wash.), a liberal Democrat who's undecided but leaning against the trade bill, said Wednesday.
"Civility in this business is important, because tomorrow I have to work with you, tomorrow I may need you badly," he added. "A lot of people are standing around saying, 'You know something, this is getting to be a personal thing, and that's not the way we want to go here.' ... He went quite a ways with her and I think probably he won't go that far again."
By Mike Lillis and Jordan Fabian, The Hill
15 May 15
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/30179-after-attacking-warren-obama-having-trouble-selling-tpp-to-fellow-dems
President Obama's sharp rebuke of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D) over his ambitious trade agenda is backfiring in the House, where the personal attacks are alienating the same Democrats the president is courting for votes.
…
The tough tenor was designed to rally the backing of more Democrats, particularly in the House, where GOP leaders are struggling to find the 217 votes needed to pass the fast-track bill aimed at facilitating those pacts.
Instead, Obama's rhetoric — he said his critics were "just wrong" in an interview with Yahoo published Saturday — seems to have exacerbated tensions between Democrats and the White House, which could make it tougher to move one of the president's top legislative priorities through Congress this year. "You and I can disagree about policy, but I can't call you a bad person or impugn your motives or anything else — except at great risk," Rep. Jim McDermott (Wash.), a liberal Democrat who's undecided but leaning against the trade bill, said Wednesday.
"Civility in this business is important, because tomorrow I have to work with you, tomorrow I may need you badly," he added. "A lot of people are standing around saying, 'You know something, this is getting to be a personal thing, and that's not the way we want to go here.' ... He went quite a ways with her and I think probably he won't go that far again."
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