Bush losing 'fast track' trade powers

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070630/ap_on_go_co/congress_trade&printer=1;_ylt=ApO.pDJjnMir9nc9VfIogUCMwfIE ^

[LibKill]

After what he did on immigration, trying to shove mexico up our **** TWICE, I don’t have a problem with his fast-track being cut off.

[ex-snook]

Good. Lobbyist to lobbyist negotiations, without imput from elected representatives has just produced the Fast Track of Jobs to the world.

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

I hope this isn’t just democrat sly rhetoric.....I remember very well what boosh-daddy did with fast-track authority after he LOST re-election in the 92 election......it is called NAFTA. I shudder to imagine what fast-track type surprises boosh 2 has in store for us during the remainder of his very lame lame-duck administration.....like SPP/NAU for instance

[TomGuy]

President Bush loses his power Saturday to seal "fast track" trade agreements without intervention from Congress

Good.

Bush's credibility is negligible any more. His pushing the amnesty bill, the Mexican trucks bill, SPP, NAU, TransHighway, and much of it in secretive meetings needs to be scrutinized.

[RightWhale]

"We risk losing market share around the world," said Rep. Wally Herger, R-Calif.

Cuts to the very soul of America. Or would if it weren't total nonsense. But, Rs can communicate nonsense just as well as Ds, the difference being it's about different stuff.

[PhiKapMom]

I second that! Couldn’t have come up at a better time. I don’t want his people negotiating anything without Congressional oversite right now!

[NRA2BFree]

Aw, that’s gonna bite! That has to be painful for a committed globalist like Bush is. These “free trade agreements” are destroying America. They took our jobs and in return we are getting poisoned from their shoddy business dealings. We need to start seeing “made in America with American made ingredients” again, so we KNOW our food is NOT contaminated. We need to know that the tires we ride on aren’t made below our safety standards. We need to know that the food we feed our pets isn’t poisoned, or the tooth paste we used isn’t laced with poison. And, after all of this we have a huge trade deficit.

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

You mean he won’t be able to give away any more to our deadly enemies, the Chinese?

[yoe]

Democrats say they support expanded trade as long as it's fair to American workers and doesn't exploit developing countries. They complain that Bush pushed too many trade deals at the expense of worker rights and environmental protections.

The environmental protections coupled with rights = union demands, has crippled any "fair trade" here and will only get worse with anti-capitalists Democratic Socialists running the show. Wasn't it Ms. Pelosi who just last week to put a WindFall Tax on all stock market profits even Retirement funds, 401K's and Mutual Funds.....the woman clearly doesn't understand economics - she thinks "only the rich" benefit.....the rich Ms. Pelosi, pay the lion's share of federal income taxes.....you would know this IF you are paying your fair share.....hummmmmmmmmmmmmmm?

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

(1) “THIS [the U.S.] Constitution,” (2) “the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof” (i.e., as permitted by, in conformity with, and to implement this Constitution), and (3) “all treaties made....under the Authority of the United States” (”under” designates that treaties are not over, not above, and not even equal to the authority of the United States granted to it by the States via the U.S. Constitution - but remain under, inferior to its jurisdiction).

A treaty may not do or exceed what the Congress is charged to do or what it is forbidden to do. Constitutional authority supersedes, overrules, and precludes any contrary treaty authority.

Thus, if a proposed treaty would violate any provision of the Constitution, it may not even be seriously considered or debated, much less be ratified and implemented because the same restrictions that were placed by the Constitution on the U.S. Federal government are also imposed on any treaty provision.

Treaty embroilment is so dangerous and so important, that to further limit and restrict their making, Article II, Section 2, Paragraph 2 orders that the President: “...shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; [Emphasis added.]”

This provision accomplishes two things: 1) it prohibits the President alone to commit the United States to an agreement with other nations (the Senate must advise, consent, concur, and ratify). And 2), why is the Senate singled out, and not the House of Representatives, or both Houses? Because the Senate is the branch of the Congress whose Senators’ constituencies are not “my people back home,” but “my State government back home.”(1)

Before the destabilizing Seventeenth Amendment was deceptively promoted and irrationally ratified in 1913, each State Legislature appointed its Senators. A Senator is sent to Washington to uphold, defend, represent, and guard the retained rights, jurisdiction, and interests of his individual State. If a proposed treaty would adversely effect the States, their Senators are to protect their respective States by not consenting/ratifying.

Treaties are potentially so threatening to the sovereignty of the individual States and the Union of These States that two thirds of the Senators are required to be convinced that the treaty under consideration does not contravene the U.S. Constitution and/or adversely impact on the retained functions and interests of the States before they consent/ratify.
http://www.jpands.org/hacienda/article4.html

[AuntB]

And who was on the news last night singing the praises of fast track and ALL lopsided trade deals? Republican Wally Herger! After all these years of begging this man to stand up for something, THIS is what he picks! Please let everyone in his district be aware of this. He also only got on the anti illegal immigration bandwagon in time for his last election. THIS should be his last election.

He also voted wrongly the other day on this:
“The U.S. House of Representatives this morning voted to withhold federal emergency services funding for “sanctuary cities” that protect illegal immigrants.

Anti-immmigration champion Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., sponsored the measure, which he says would apply to cities such as Denver and Boulder. He was elated by its passage, which stunned critics and supporters alike.”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1850955/posts?page=115#115

http://www.house.gov/herger/

[Carry_Okie]

"We risk losing market share around the world," said Rep. Wally Herger, R-Calif.

What market share? Seen the trade deficit lately Wally?

Herger always was an empty suit.

[AuntB]

http://www.house.gov/herger/

I just told him what I thought.

[Lauren BaRecall]

Amen! Trade with (still very Red) China has become a dangerous train wreck, and shows how wretchedly amoral big business can be.

Better for Congress to take back its power, than further allow Mr. Globalist, Jr. to give away America to the highest bidder.

[pablo H]

As Dorgan said, the free-trade agreements have given us a $836 billion dollar deficit.

We don’t need anymore. Bush is seems to think he is President of the world, instead of President of the USA.

[ChildOfThe60s]

I’ve never agreed with this business of fast track authority for a President. It should be flushed for good. We’d be a lot better off if this had been done in 2001. Actually earlier, but Bush seems to be even more desirous of selling our sovereignty to the Mexicans than his predecessors.

[Sprite518]

I think we turned a corner last Thursday. We had two major victories. The Amnesty Bill and the Fairness Doctrine. Granted these are just battles, but we stopped it. This is just the beginning.

Bush has lost a lot of credibility this second term. Perhaps power corrupts over time, and Bush is just another corrupt politician? Nevertheless, this is more good news on a string of victories.

BTW, notice how silent the media is about the immigration bill being shot down.

[montag813]

I would like Bush to lose all his powers, by resigning. And take those quisling creeps Condi Rice and Robert Gates with him. Let’s see what Cheney can accomplish in the time that remains.

[Caipirabob]

So after trying to ramrod some despicable legislation down the throats of the American people President Bush finds he no longer has the credibility to dictate policy at a whim?

The system appears to be working, albeit slightly.