Making sense of Friday’s trade votes

Published June 12, 2015 10:25pm EST



On Friday, House lawmakers on both sides of the aisle defeated the Trade Adjustment Assistance measure yet approved Trade Promotion Authority. The TAA measure failed despite intense, 11th-hour lobbying efforts by President Obama.

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The Washington Examiner’s Pete Kasperowicz explains what those measures are, and what the votes mean for Obama’s agenda.