House OKs Trade Bill To Give Help To Displaced Workers
Democrats earlier helped defeat the $450 million worker-assistance measure.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds her weekly news conference at the U.S. Captiol June 25, 2015 in Washington, DC.
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The U.S. House of Representatives passed a $450 million worker-assistance measure Thursday that Democrats earlier helped defeat, sending it to President Barack Obama for his signature as part of a package of trade legislation.
The vote was 286-138. The Trade Adjustment Assistance legislation continues a program that helps U.S. workers who lose their jobs as a result of international trade pacts.