Democrats Vote to Block Obama’s Fast-Track Trade Authority

Michelle Malkin was having a field day on this yesterday.

Look. I agree with Senate Democrats for once in my life! #SayNoToTPP #NoFastTrackForObama ==> https://t.co/Ie02n9s94q

— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) May 12, 2015

Statist Orrin Hatch is melting down on Senate floor over failure of TPP. Once again, I commend Senate Democrats for making this happen.

— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) May 12, 2015

TPP peddler Orrin Hatch is mad that more Senate Democrats won't join him & Obama in carrying water for cheap labor-hungry Big Business.

— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) May 12, 2015

And see the Washington Post, "Senate Democrats vote to block Obama on trade":

President Obama collided with his own party Tuesday when Senate Democrats stalled consideration of a trade measure that would give the administration greater authority to negotiate more freely with other countries.

The Senate vote was a sharp blow to the president’s efforts to win approval for a new Asia-Pacific trade bill that has emerged as a top agenda item for Obama. Only one Democratic senator, Thomas R. Carper of Delaware, voted with the president Tuesday.

Administration officials and Republican leaders immediately said they would bring a measure back to the Senate floor.

But the setback highlighted the president’s failure to convince Democratic lawmakers, labor union leaders and environmental groups that the 12-nation trade deal known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership would help the U.S. economy. Obama has argued that the pact would open markets, promote better labor conditions abroad and protect endangered species and the environment.

Obama has made the trade deal one of his top priorities, and to bolster his ability to finish negotiating the still-secret terms of the accord, he has asked Congress to give him “fast track” trade authority. But a procedural motion to open up debate of the fast-track legislation failed by a 52-to-45 vote, falling short of the 60 votes needed to begin consideration of the complex Pacific trade accord.

Ahead of the vote, White House press secretary Josh Earnest played down crumbling support for the legislation as a “procedural snafu” — a phrase he repeated 10 times — that could be worked out in the coming days. Earnest said fast-track authority was “critically important to the future of our economy.”

But in the Senate, the measure’s failure seemed to be more than a procedural glitch. The trade accord has sparked a Democratic revolt and laid bare a spat between Obama and liberal Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). And it has embittered labor union leaders who feel they helped elect Obama and have received little for their efforts.

Moreover, Senate Democrats — including the handful who have supported Obama’s trade push — said they were not inclined to move forward with debate unless Republican leaders provided assurances that related pieces of legislation would move in tandem...

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And leftists are playing the inevitable sexism card --- against the freakin' president! Man, they're eating their own.

At Politico, "Senator suggests gender played into Obama-Warren spat" (and at Memeorandum).