Posted on 05/22/2015 6:53:25 PM PDT by Beave Meister
President Obama won a big victory for his trade agenda Friday with the Senate’s approval of fast-track legislation that could make it easier for him to complete a wide-ranging trade deal that would include 11 Pacific Rim nations.
A coalition of nearly 50 Senate Republicans and more than 10 Democrats voted for Trade Promotion Authority late Friday, sending the legislation to the House for a difficult fight as Obama faces more entrenched opposition from Democrats.
The Senate coalition fought off several attempts by opponents to undermine the legislation, defeating amendments that were politically popular but potentially poisonous to Obama’s bid to secure the trade deal.
“This is an important bill, likely the most important bill we will pass this year. It’s important to President Obama,” Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and primary author of the bill, said at the close of debate.
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Wow. You mean there are still 5 Republicans who won't sell out the American people?
What flaccid traitors to their electorate.
I think many Republicans spent many years thinking most all businessmen were conservatives in most ways. Most aren’t and their main, or even their only principle is their bottom line.
That’s why they’ll support Obamacare and hire illegal aliens and move jobs out of the US and try to lower tariffs to zero to make it cheaper to ship foreign made goods back to the US and on and on.
And most seem oblivious to the possibility that they might flood this country with so many poor and poor educated Third Worlders that the electorate might one day vote in a government that world seize control and businesses and turn this into a fascist or even true socialist economy.
You just said “worship while you can.”
Daniel could have said that too, but he went to the lions den (and as it was, happened to win).
“Most Republicans (and their donors) supported this just as much as Obama. Same sort of coalition that passed NAFTA.”
And that coalition of the cronies notably included Ted Cruz.
And a bottom line formulated without any thought to a larger social model.
Kind of hard to sell to a nation in poverty.
This might help: “Ted Cruz joins the Establshment”
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/international/239750-ted-cruz-joins-the-establishment
In order to understand the vote on fast track authority, you have to think like a multi-millionaire with global market investments or business dealings and if you want to be the Republican presidential nominee you’re going to need large donations from those people.
What is The Bill ???
I’d like to know as well,,
I read all previous comments basically stating all manner of discontent,,,
bupkiss.
Ditto. There are but a handful of real patriots in congress. The rest are liars, cheats, swindlers, rogues and outright sociopaths.
Not only that, they didn’t make him give up something to get it.
“Dear Lord, then that means Ted Cruz and Tom Cotton also voted for this treachery!”
Yup. I hope they enjoy their 30 pieces of silver
Yeah, all I know is comrade premier ohomo won again which is always bad, it looks like Cruz betrayed us and the freepers are tripping balls the size of mars. Trying to make sense of it.
Been finished. You haven’t been paying attention.
Professors and politicians thought of this. 0bama’s illegal alien push exacerbates this, too, making a takeover perhaps likely.
I know. I've really been trying to want to support Cruz, but his positions on immigration and trade seem like just another globalist. He might just want legal immigration to be so high few would even find it necessary to come illegally.
Trump's the only one who'll talk loud and tough against these trade schemes, but who knows if he'll ever be a serious candidate with a well thought out platform.
See tagline.
That is who I meant. The lackey politicians who jump up and salute when the Chamber of Commerce farts.
Sorry. I misunderstood your post. My bad
I don't think we're slaves yet, but the ballot doesn't seems like much than a suggestion box for the ordinary voters, or non-elites. That's sure the way it seems after voters gave the Republicans majorities in both houses of Congress. And all 'suggestions' have been ignored.
So remind me again why folks for for Republicans in the last election?
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