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Omaha Steve

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Sun May 31, 2015, 11:10 PM May 2015

Rep. Peters' big labor problem (TPP)



Rep. Scott Peters, pictured smiling as he talks with Rep. Susan Davis at a Balboa Park rally.

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/may/31/peters-has-a-big-problem-with-labor/

By Michael Smolens5 P.M.MAY 31, 2015

Politics may be the art of the possible, but sometimes it’s about having the dexterity to get out of an impossible situation.

We’ll see if Rep. Scott Peters has it.

The San Diego Democrat is facing a hard decision: how to vote on the Trade Promotion Authority and, if that passes, the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

The president wants him to vote yes, and organized labor is threatening to end his tenure at two terms if he does.

FULL story at link.
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Rep. Peters' big labor problem (TPP) (Original Post) Omaha Steve May 2015 OP
Vote for the TPP, you're dead meat. Enthusiast Jun 2015 #1
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