Inside US Trade: Cornyn To Chair Finance Trade Subcommittee, Wyden To Be Most Senior Democrat

  [Reposted from Inside US Trade  |  January 26, 2015] Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), the second-ranking Republican in the Senate, will take over as chairman of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on international trade, customs and global competitiveness, according to a Jan. 22 joint press release from Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Ranking Member Ron…

Bloomberg: Why Obama’s New Best Allies on the Hill Are CEOs

Before President Obama leaves office, he wants to complete two major free-trade agreements, one with Asian nations and the other with the European Union. To do it, he says he needs a guarantee from Congress that it will simply vote yes or no on any deal the White House offers, without trying to amend it.…