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TAA Shot Down – TPA Passes: America Loses and Constitution Undermined
Freedom Outpost ^ | 6/13/2015 | Tim Brown

Posted on 06/13/2015 4:34:11 AM PDT by HomerBohn

The unconstitutional authority contained in the Trade Adjustment Assistance was shot down on Friday. However, it was a Republican Congress that managed to pass the Trade Promotion Authority.

The Associated Press reports:

The House derailed a high-profile White House-backed trade bill on Friday, a humiliating defeat for President Barack Obama inflicted by Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and dozens of union-backed lawmakers from his own party.

The 302-126 vote left the legislation in perilous limbo, and came a few hours after Obama journeyed to the Capitol to deliver a last-minute personal plea to fellow Democrats to give him power to negotiate global trade deals that Congress could approve or reject but not change.

Yet, it was the Trade Promotion Authority which barely made it past the House by a vote of 219-211.

First, consider that since trade agreements are about tariffs, they must originate in the House of Representative, much like Obamacare was supposed to do, but failed to do. According to Article I, Section of the US Constitution:

All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives…

Treaties are something entirely different.

The House failed to pass the TAA in a landslide vote of 302-126, with only 40 Democrats voting for the bill.

However, many conservatives listen to people like Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) regarding TPA when he claims that TPA doesn't give Obama more authority and that Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) is "not accurate" about undermining US law. But that is not the case.

In fact, it does undermine the Constitution and does transfer power to the Executive Branch. It is Cruz that is not being accurate about what is taking place and this may be some of his colors showing from his ties to Goldman Sachs and his wife's Council on Foreign Relations ties.

Before you blast me over those comments, just remember that you are being set up in all of what is taking place. Vladimir Lenin's word have been ringing in my ears for a couple of years now, "The best way to control the opposition is to lead it ourselves."

But it isn't just Ted Cruz. It's every single Congressman among Republicans and Democrats that are selling America out under the guise of "free trade." This will cost American jobs and it will not be a fair deal. NAFTA taught us that.

Kurt Nimmo reports:

In the early 1990s, the Clinton administration and Congress sold NAFTA to the American people with similar protective promises. Ultimately, according to Economic Policy Institute economist Robert Scott, nearly 700,000 US jobs were "lost or displaced" because of the agreement and the subsequent trade deficit.

The arcane world of Washington politics is now witnessing Pelosi pushing TAA while publicly denouncing TPA despite the fact TAA is designed to supposedly soften the blow of TPA once it becomes law.

Nimmo also pointed out that the US Business Coalition for TPP also "handed out $1,148,971 to senators, an average of $19,673.28 for Republicans and $9,689.23 for Democrats. The largest donor to the U.S. Business Coalition for TPP is Goldman Sachs, followed closely by Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and members of the military industrial complex, including GE, Halliburton and Northrup Grumman."

These congressmen who voted for this bill did so unconstitutionally and any senators supporting it are doing so unconstitutionally as well.

This is not a good development for America or her workers. For a clear understanding of what is actually going on in all of this, I highly recommend the following video to educate yourself on.

(Watch the video at link.)


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government
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We, the pathetic Congress of the United States, will pass most legislation without reading it. It's more exciting that way as we'll be surprised when it becomes effective.
1 posted on 06/13/2015 4:34:11 AM PDT by HomerBohn
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To: HomerBohn

So what they’re saying is in the end, Obama got exactly what he wanted. I’m really beginning to wonder why our own government betrays so since The One ascended the throne.

Ephesians 6:12
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms

Revelation 13:4
People worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they also worshiped the beast and asked, “Who is like the beast? Who can wage war against it?”


2 posted on 06/13/2015 4:45:54 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: HomerBohn

Without the TAA being passed nothing has been passed.


3 posted on 06/13/2015 4:46:51 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: HomerBohn

So what they’re saying is in the end, Obama got exactly what he wanted. I’m really beginning to wonder why our own government betrays us so since The One ascended the throne.

Ephesians 6:12
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms

Revelation 13:4
People worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they also worshiped the beast and asked, “Who is like the beast? Who can wage war against it?”


4 posted on 06/13/2015 4:47:16 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: fortheDeclaration

The exclusive Congress Club should be forbidden to pass any legislation. They should just hold congenial meetings and retire afterwards to their tony quarters.

A benevolent despot, like Francisco Franco, would kick them out of the government buildings, tear out the phones and WiFi gear, then board up the doors.

The traitorous dogs amongst them would be sentenced to a life at hard labor....or something somewhat worse.


5 posted on 06/13/2015 4:54:37 AM PDT by HomerBohn (When did it change from "We the people" to "screw the people" ?)
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To: HomerBohn

“The traitorous dogs amongst them would be sentenced to a life at hard labor....or something somewhat worse.”

A friend is fond of saying that all politicians should serve two terms, one in office and one in prison.


6 posted on 06/13/2015 5:11:14 AM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: jsanders2001

WOW.


7 posted on 06/13/2015 5:17:32 AM PDT by FES0844
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To: HomerBohn

Any bill that’s held in secrecy should receive an automatic “NO” vote.


8 posted on 06/13/2015 5:18:35 AM PDT by ryderann
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To: HomerBohn
First, consider that since trade agreements are about tariffs, they must originate in the House of Representative, much like Obamacare was supposed to do, but failed to do.

As was discussed ad nauseum when Obamacare was passed, Dingy Harry Reid took a House-passed spending bill and amended the entire thing with the exception of the bill number with the Obamacare bill title and language. Letter of the law legal but not the spirit.

9 posted on 06/13/2015 5:59:00 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: HomerBohn

The GOP are not substantially different. They too march to the commands of the New World Order globalists.


10 posted on 06/13/2015 7:36:10 AM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (Lord God help us.)
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