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Democrat arm-twisting on trade deal delayed after Obama weekend of golf, private Prince concert
[Wash Times] The administration and House Republican leaders scrambled Monday to rescue President Obama's crucial trade deal in Congress, but White House aides acknowledged that a legislative solution was still eluding them.

With the remainder of his presidency riding on a solution to the impasse, Mr. Obama telephoned Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, California Republican, said an alliance of Republican lawmakers and pro-trade Democrats would prevail in a revote on the trade package that failed last week.

"Trade is going forward," Mr. McCarthy told reporters.

But it wasn't clear when House leaders would schedule another vote, largely because there was no evidence that Mr. Obama had changed any Democrats' minds since Friday. After the disastrous loss dealt to him by his own party, the president spent much of the weekend playing golf and hosting a private, A-list concert at the White House featuring Prince.
Posted by: Besoeker 2015-06-16
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