Senate Leader Reid Just Threw A Wrench Into Obama's Big Bipartisan Proposal

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced his opposition Wednesday to trade promotion legislation, tossing a wrench into White House efforts to build congressional support for massive free-trade deals with Asia and Europe. "I'm against 'fast track,'" Reid bluntly told reporters a day after President Barack Obama called on Congress to pass such a tool to help open new markets for American products. Asked if he will prevent such trade promotion authority legislation from going to the floor for a...