[hedgetrimmer]

the first "Fast Track" legislation was passed by Congress in 1974.

Under Fast Track "...the White House signs and enters into trade deals before Congress ever votes on them. Fast Track also sets the parameters for congressional debate on any trade measure the President submits, requiring a vote within a certain time with no amendments and only 20 hours of debate."

Under the Clinton presidency, for instance, some 300 separate trade agreements were negotiated and passed normally by Congress, but only two of them were submitted under Fast Track: NAFTA and the GATT Uruguay Round. In fact, from 1974 to 1992, there were only three instances of Fast Track in action: GATT Tokyo Round, U.S.-Israel Free Trade Agreement and the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement. Thus, NAFTA was only the fourth invocation of Fast Track.

Why Fast Track NAFTA and GATT? Because without it NAFTA and GATT would have never been passed.

What does Fast Track do? It undermines the balance of power and gives the president unconstitutional authority.

[Toddsterpatriot]

It undermines the balance of power and gives the president unconstitutional authority.

Because Congress doesn't get an up or down vote. You're funny!

[Mase]

It undermines the balance of power and gives the president unconstitutional authority.

Then I suppose you can show us some settled litigation proving Fast Track is unconstitutional. It's been 32 years since the legislation was passed. Certainly, during that length of time, someone or some organization has challenged this in court and proven it to be illegal.

[1rudeboy]

Applying the From A Leftist Source Exclusionary rule (FALSE), applicable when hedgetrimmer quotes someone or something without attribution, we discover (you guessed it!) Public Citizen.

So she finally hit the trifecta: 1. she has quoted Public Citizen directly, 2. she has quoted the testimony of Public Citizen officials directly, and 3. she has quoted a glowing account of Public Citizen's work directly. An impressive achievement over a span of just a few years, especially on a conservative website.