Justice After Charleston
North Carolina "Moral Mondays" leader Rev. William Barber calls for "Justice After Charleston" in The Nation: "If America is serious about this moment, we cannot just cry ceremonial tears while at the same time refusing to support the martyred Reverend Pinckney and his parishioners’ stalwart fight against the racism that gave birth to the crime ... real healing would be writing and passing a bipartisan omnibus bill in the name of the nine Emanuel Martyrs that implements Medicaid expansion, raises public education funding, passes living-wage requirements and new gun-control laws, removes the Confederate flag from the South Carolina Statehouse, and restores the Voting Rights Act."
Fast Track Passes
Fast track clears Senate, heads to president's desk. NYT: "The Senate cleared the so-called trade promotion bill 60 to 38, with 13 Democrats joining all but five Republicans ... Under the legislation, the president may not even sign a final agreement for two months, and Congress cannot consider the deal for two additional months while the public gets its first complete look at the accord. That delay will most likely push any consideration of the Pacific accord well into the presidential election season, a difficult political environment..."
Senate separately approves TAA. The Hill: "The Senate on Wednesday approved a workers assistance program for people hurt by increased trade in a voice vote ... [Sen. Sherrod] Brown said he was not happy that his Leveling the Playing Field Act, which strengthens anti-dumping and countervailing duty statues, was [included] to grease ... passage."
House Dems plan to pass TAA now. Politico: "...House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi announced Wednesday that she planned to vote in favor of the worker aid bill ... Pelosi announced her support for TAA only after it became clear that a large number of her fellow Democrats were going to give in ..."
Trade fight to go on within Democratic Party. Bloomberg: "Democrats and liberal groups are already promising a new fight if and when the actual trade pact, known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, comes to a vote. That could be early next year just as the campaign to succeed him gets into full swing..."
Bernie Boomlet
Bernie support builds in Bloomberg poll: "In Iowa, Clinton leads Sanders 50 percent to 24 percent, and in New Hampshire, 56 percent to 24 percent. That's a six- to eight-point increase in his support since those states were polled by Bloomberg Politics and partners in May."
Clinton will skip Netroots Nation. W. Post: "Clinton sent regrets for Netroots Nation, a three-day political conference that is a draw for some of the most ardent progressive activists, because she has previously scheduled speaking events in Iowa and Arkansas ... Sanders and O’Malley will participate in a candidate forum that Clinton was also invited to attend..."
Breakfast Sides
Greece unimpressed by European counteroffer. Bloomberg: "Greece’s creditors handed the government revised terms for an agreement as Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras expressed incredulity that his own list of proposals to secure bailout funds had fallen short ... Leaders are set to discuss Greece during a previously scheduled two-day European Union summit starting on Thursday."
House votes to let governors ignore EPA on climate. The Hill: "The bill, passed 247-180, is a major blow to the main pillar of President Obama’s effort to reduce the greenhouse gases that cause climate change, although the White House has promised a veto to protect his legacy."
