House Approves Rule Allowing for Obamatrade Consideration at Any Time Through July

Conservatives opposed to ObamaTrade had urged members to vote down the rule as a way to help scuttle the ObamaTrade effort.

 

“Americans for Limited Government urges the House to reject any extension of consideration of the trade bill. The leadership has had every advantage and still cannot win. It’s time to put an end to this debate and move on to things that unite Republicans in the House,” ALG president Rick Manning said earlier in the day.

 

House Democrats also slammed the rule on the House floor before the vote, pointing out that the House already rejected the TAA on a 3-1 vote. They noted that the rule would allow for a re-vote on the TAA at any time.

 

Earlier Tuesday, House Speaker Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)35%
took on House Republicans who do not vote with their party on procedural votes.

 

“I’m not very happy about it,” Boehner said of such defections, according to Politico. “And I made it pretty clear to the members today I was not very happy. We’re a team and we’ve worked hard to get the majority, we’ve worked hard to stay in the majority and I expect our team to act like a team. And I, frankly, made it pretty clear I wasn’t very happy.”

 

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