businessweek.com - 12/3/2008
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Is another key economic post about to be filled by President-Elect Barack Obama? Even as he called a Chicago press conference to announce the expected nomination of New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson to head the Commerce Department this morning, Washington was filled with talk that he has ...
cqpolitics.com - 12/2/2008
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cqpolitics.com —
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
blogs.abcnews.com - 12/3/2008
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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...
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PEBO Taps Becerra to be Top Trade Rep
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Pro-Business Types Worried About Obama's Possible Pick As Trade Rep?
TPM Election Central —
... Xavier Becerra, is reportedly worrying some pro-big business and free-trade types.
The possibility that Obama might award the post to Becerra -- who professed his regret for voting for NAFTA, opposed the Central American Free Trade Agreement, and once pronounced U.S. trade policy as "broken" -- is already being praised by some progressives. David Sirota sees it as a sign that "Obama is serious about reforming our trade policies."
And now Business Week reports on some rumblings of opposition from the pro-business and free-trade camp: ...
Fight over Becerra?
Political Animal —
... as a sign that "Obama is serious about reforming our trade policies." And now Business Week reports on some rumblings of opposition from the pro-business and free-trade camp: Philip Levy, who's now with the conservative American Enterprise Institute, told the mag that the choice is "troubling," arguing that "to oppose Nafta is in many ways to lash out symbolically against trade." A business lobbyist added to the mag that he and his colleagues are "pretty concerned." Becerra, who has been active in trade policy debates on the Hill for a while now, but ...
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politico.com 1/6/2009 — Xavier Becerra is not considering an appointment to become Secretary of Commerce and will remain in the House, his spokeswoman told Politico.
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So much for that
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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politico.com 1/6/2009 — January 06, 2009 Categories: Transition Spox: Becerra isn't interested in Commerce Xavier Becerra is not considering an appointment to become Secretary of Commerce and will remain in the House, his spokeswoman told Politico."The Congressman has ...
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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 ...
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Reuters: Politics 12/3/2008
CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is weighing whether to ask Congress for the remaining $350 billion of the financial bailout fund, with White House aides approaching President-elect Barack Obama's transition team ...
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