WASHINGTON — President Obama’s success in rescuing his high-priority trade legislation from a rebellion by fellow Democrats strengthens his hand internationally and paves the way for completion of the most expansive economic agreement in generations. [Reposted from The New York Times | Peter Baker | June 24, 2015] While the turbulent process was embarrassing for…
Billings, Mont. – Today, R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard issued the following statement in response to U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow’s (D-MI) introduction of legislation that would repeal mandatory country of origin labeling (COOL) for muscle cuts of beef and pork and put in its place a completely voluntary labeling program. [Reposted from the R-CALF site …
On Monday, June 15th, House Republican leadership announced that they had decided to delay the re-vote anytime up to July 30th on Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) which “fast tracks” ObamaTrade. Less than three days later, the opposition was blindsided by representatives in the House approving the standalone TPA bill by a close vote of 218…
