nytimes.com - 12/5/2008
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Representative Xavier Becerra, Democrat of California, would punch several political tickets at once as the president-elect’s chief trade negotiator. >
cqpolitics.com - 12/2/2008
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CQ TODAY ONLINE NEWS – TRADE Dec. 2,
2008 – 4:00 p.m. Rep. Becerra Offered Trade Representative...
Post By Jonathan Allen, CQ Staff Rep. Xavier Becerra , D-Calif., has been offered the post of U.S. Trade Representative in the incoming administration of ...
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Rep. Becerra Offered Trade Representative Post
firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 12/4/2008
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From NBC's Andrea MitchellDemocratic sources say California Rep.
Xavier Becerra (D) is in Chicago today to meet...
with President-elect Obama. We have confirmed that they are meeting to discuss a possible appointment as US Trade representative. Becerra ...
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The Early Word: The Big Three Try Again
The Caucus —
... , including Secretary of Energy, C.I.A. Director, Director of National Intelligence, Secretary of Labor and a new spot, Chief Technology Officer. Key Player The Times’s Mark Landler profiles Representative Xavier Becerra, Democrat of California, who is said to be at the top of Mr. Obama’s short list for the position of United States trade representative. If he is appointed, Mr. Becerra may face tough questions about his involvement in a pardon plea for a convicted drug dealer at the tail end of the Clinton administration. And when it comes to his views on trade issues, Mr. ...
California Congressman Turns Down Trade Post
The Caucus —
... according to a translation. Earlier this month, The Times’s Mark Landler profiled Mr. Becerra and laid out the challenges facing the next trade representative. Even then an aide said the congressman was “struggling over whether to take the job, which would mean giving up his perch in the House leadership and spending more time away from his family.” Mr. Becerra, who represents part of Los Angeles, is set to assume the position of vice chairman of the House Democratic Caucus in the new Congress. With Mr. Becerra out of contention, there is fresh speculation that the job might ...
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politico.com 12/17/2008 — The race for Democratic caucus vice chair is over -- before it began. Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.) has declined to take the position of U.S. Trade Representative, his spokeswoman, Fabiola Rodriguez-Ciampoli, confirms to The Crypt.
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blogs.abcnews.com 12/3/2008 — Democrats tells ABC News that President-elect Obama has offered the job of U.S. Trade Representative to Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif. Becerra, a member of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, has not yet announced that he has accepted the...
Pro-Business Types Worried About Obama's Possible Pick As Trade Rep?
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/3/2008 — Here's something that will give a bit of cheer to progressives worried about the direction of the Obama administration: His rumored choice for U.S. Trade Representative, Congressman Xavier Becerra, is reportedly worrying some pro-big business and ...
Dems begin positioning for Becerra’s leadership spot
thehill.com 12/3/2008 — The prospect of Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.) leaving Congress to become U.S. trade representative has reopened jockeying for a leadership position that had been settled quietly last month. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, who lost the race for vice-chairman of ...
Re: Becerra and Trade
corner.nationalreview.com 12/17/2008 — Not only would successful completion of the Doha round bring great benefit to the US, it would be the single best thing Obama could do for international development. The assembled economic superstars of the Copenhagen Consensus found that it would ...
NAFTA Critic Selected for U.S. Trade Representative
openleft.com 12/3/2008 — This just off the Bloomberg News wire :
Representative Xavier Becerra, a California Democrat who once declared U.S. trade policy was "broken completely," has been offered the job of President- elect Barack Obama's top trade official, two Democrats ...
Becerra Back in the Mix for Commerce
politicalwire.com 1/6/2009 — An Obama transition team source told the San Antonio Express-News that Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA) has emerged as the leading
candidate to become secretary of Commerce now that Gov. Bill Richardson backed out . Said the source: "Even though he turned ...
Becerra: Trade Not Priority for Obama
blogs.abcnews.com 12/17/2008 — ABC News' Teddy Davis Reports: Saying that he has come to the realization that trade is not a priority for the incoming Obama administration, Rep. Xavier Becerra has decided not to accept Barack Obama's offer to be United States Trade...
50 Most Beautiful People on Capitol Hill 2008 - 40 More
hill6.thehill.com 12/3/2008 — Image Melody Gonzales Age: 28 Hometown: San Diego Political party: Democrat Dating status: Single After graduating from college, Melody Gonzales started her career as a writer and assistant producer at a television station in her hometown. But she ...
Agenda: Under pressure —
First Read 12/5/2008
The AP reports that Democrats want Obama to take a more active role in the economic crisis. “Obama has sidestepped some policy questions by saying there is only one president at a time. But the dodge is wearing thin. ‘He's going to have to be more ...
Transition: Faster than ever before —
First Read 12/5/2008
The New York Times writes that Obama “is moving more quickly to fill his administration’s top ranks than any newly elected president in modern times. He has named virtually the entire top echelon of his White House staff and nearly half of his ...
Senior Democrats want Obama to keep FDIC chief —
Reuters: Politics 12/5/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rep. Barney Frank said on Thursday he and Sen. Christopher Dodd are urging President-elect Barack Obama to retain Sheila Bair as the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp and possibly give her a larger role to regulate ...
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