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As speaker, Pelosi has the power to stymie Trump's trade agenda

January 4, 2019 at 3:56 PM
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) took back the gavel of the House on Thursday, giving her increased power to trip up President Trump's trade agenda, including his signature trade deal, the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Pelosi knows well how to delay trade deals or stall them entirely after presiding over the House during the consideration of agreements with Panama, Colombia and South Korea trade deals during the George W. Bush administration, as well as the Trans-Pacific Partnership during Barack Obama's administration. And...


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