Posted on 05/12/2015 12:04:31 PM PDT by GIdget2004
Senate Democrats on Tuesday delivered a stinging blow to President Obama’s trade agenda by voting to prevent the chamber from picking up fast-track legislation.
A motion to cut off a filibuster and proceed to the trade bill fell short of a 60-vote hurdle in the 52-45 vote. Sen. Tom Carper (Del.) was the only Democrat to back it.
Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) switched his vote from yes to no to reserve his ability to return to the measure at a later date.
Fast-track is a top legislative priority for the White House, but it has run into significant Senate opposition that has been led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). It faces even more opposition from Democrats in the House, and the surprise Senate failure will raise doubts about whether the legislation will make its way through Congress.
Labor unions and other left-leaning groups have declared war on the fast-track bill, which they argue has shipped jobs overseas. The Senate is generally a more pro-trade body than the House, and it has been easier to move trade agreements through the upper chamber.
The standoff Tuesday focused on procedure, though there is significant opposition to fast-track itself in the Democratic conference.
Senate Democrats demanded that McConnell combine the fast-track bill with three other pieces of trade legislation, including a customs bill that would address currency manipulation.
The opposition included Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and other pro-trade Democrats who back the fast-track bill.
“The group is concerned about the lack of a commitment to trade enforcement, which is specifically the customs bill,” Wyden told reporters in explaining his opposition.
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GOP = Giving Obama Power
Well I’m glad Republican Senator Sessions and I were able to see this trojan horse for what it was the destroyer of America by granting obama the power to flood the USA with hundreds of millions of 3rd world immigrants. it’s why I’m posting it as much as I can to get the word out.
Notice that it is Obama and the media that want this as the media is not covering it.
This power would allow Obama to flood the USA with hundreds of millions of 3rd world immigrants:
I will go instead with what Senator Jeff Sessions has to say on this: Sen. Jeff Sessions: Top Five Concerns With Trade Promotion Authority
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/20233
Well worth reading, Senator Sessions speaks truthfully, as he always does.
This is a trojan horse from the monster Barack Obama, a trojan horse meant to destroy America
I’m glad evil Obama got defeated on this trade deal. It would have allowed UNRESTRICTED immigration into the USA, proof:
This power would allow Obama to flood the USA with hundreds of millions of 3rd world immigrants
Notice that it is Obama and the media that want this as the media is not covering it.
This power would allow Obama to flood the USA with hundreds of millions of 3rd world immigrants:
I will go instead with what Senator Jeff Sessions has to say on this: Sen. Jeff Sessions: Top Five Concerns With Trade Promotion Authority
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/20233
Well worth reading, Senator Sessions speaks truthfully, as he always does.
This is a trojan horse from the monster Barack Obama, a trojan horse meant to destroy America
I’m glad evil Obama got defeated on this trade deal. It would have allowed UNRESTRICTED immigration into the USA, proof:
This power would allow Obama to flood the USA with hundreds of millions of 3rd world immigrants
I get The New American, too and I'm pretty certain in that same issue there was mention that the new trade deal would allow for unlimited gun control options to the POTUS.
If Obama is for it than Cruz should be against it period! Otherwise why vote for him? The hell with bipartisanship!
Oh I’m sorry. Did someone “pee in your cornflakes? “
Now you know how I felt. Consider us done.
Yes the word “bipartisan” makes my skin crawl. It’s code for, “taxpayers getting screwed.”
“Bipartisan usually means that a larger-than-usual deception is being carried out.” - George Carlin
Yes I think there is a lot of bipartisanship going on in Washington. They’re working very well together shredding our Constitution and Bill of Rights.
” This power would allow Obama to flood the USA with hundreds of millions of 3rd world immigrants”
Obama is ONLY for things that hurt Americans.
This deal SUCKS.
Yes . Everything Obama does is to hurt America
Direct responses are fair game. You were warned not to include me in your comments to others as you did in post #82 above.
Ha! Ha!...If the repubics won’t do it the democraps will!
Cruz doesn’t believe there is a immigration back door hole, which should give pause to anyone who is so certain there is.
But Cruz has filed an amendment just today that would make it exclipit that this can’t be used to change immigration law
http://www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=2324
I think Cruz may have managed to put in an amendment to bar it from being used to change current immigration LAWS.
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