Democratic platform will not include Sanders’ position on trade

ORLANDO — Bernie Sanders failed in his quest to include opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal in a draft of the Democratic Party’s policy positions Saturday, where several amendments against the deal were voted down by Hillary Clinton supporters.

During a combative meeting in a hotel ballroom, members of the Democratic National Convention’s full Platform Committee voted down amendments to explicitly oppose the deal and to oppose a vote on it in Congress.

Sanders supporter Benjamin Jealous, a former president of the NAACP, argued that language opposing the TPP would help Democrats win the presidential election in November.



Since Clinton effectively clinched the presidential nomination, Sanders has aggressively campaigned to include his progressive policies in the party platform.

The previous platform draft had not included explicit language on a $15 federal minimum wage.