[conservativejoy]

This is not a Trade Agreement, it just gives the President authority to negotiate one that has to then be approved by Congress.

[DannyTN]

"This is not a Trade Agreement, it just gives the President authority to negotiate one that has to then be approved by Congress."

The President doesn't need Congressional authority to negotiate a trade agreement. That power is assigned to the President by the constitution. So what is Congress really up to?

I've heard this bill relaxes the congressional approval that the Constitution requires. If so, the bill itself is unconstitutional, but you'd need a court to say so. And if it does relax the Constitutional requirements, it's an end run around the Constitution that no conservative should agree with.

[DannyTN]

"This is not a Trade Agreement, it just gives the President authority to negotiate one that has to then be approved by Congress."

The President doesn't need Congressional authority to negotiate a trade agreement. That power is assigned to the President by the constitution. So what is Congress really up to?

I've heard this bill relaxes the congressional approval that the Constitution requires. If so, the bill itself is unconstitutional, but you'd need a court to say so. And if it does relax the Constitutional requirements, it's an end run around the Constitution that no conservative should agree with.

[jsanders2001]

> This is not a Trade Agreement, it just gives the President authority to negotiate one that has to then be approved by Congress.

I don’t trust him to negotiate anything at all given his track record.

[itsahoot]

it just gives the President authority to negotiate one that has to then be approved by Congress.

And we will stop amnesty and Obamacare and put a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage.