Exclusive–Sessions to Obama: Why Are You Keeping Obamatrade’s New Global Governance Secret?

Breitbart ^ | 6/5/15 | Matthew Boyle

[Nachum]

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) 80% , the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest, has written a scathing new letter to President Barack Obama pressuring him to explain why Obamatrade has been so secretive.

“On May 6th of this year, I sent you a letter (enclosed) regarding your request for Congress to grant you fast-track executive authority,” Session wrote to Obama on Friday in a letter provided exclusively to Breitbart News ahead of its public release. “Under fast-track, Congress transfers its authority to the executive and agrees to give up several of its most basic powers.

“These concessions include: the power to write legislation, the power to amend legislation, the power to fully consider legislation on the floor, the power to keep debate open until Senate cloture is invoked, and the constitutional requirement that treaties receive a two-thirds vote.

“The latter is especially important since, having been to the closed room to review the secret text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, it is clear it more closely resembles a treaty than a trade deal.

“In other words, through fast-track, Congress would be pre-clearing a political and economic union before a word of that arrangement has been made available to a single private citizen.”

The letter hones in on the new global governance, as Sessions calls it, that would be created by the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)—which would almost certainly be approved by Congress should the House of Representatives vote in favor of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) to fast track TPP and other trade deals. TPA, which passed the Senate a couple weeks ago, would ensure—barring some unforeseen development—the congressional approval of TPP, and collectively the two have become known as Obamatrade.

[matthew fuller]

As I understand this bill now, and considering Cruz’s vote, I completely agree with you. Goodby Ted, Hello Ben.

[matthew fuller]

Have you read the entire Brietbart article about this secret bill? I was a very strong Cruz supporter, but he lost me on this. I’ll go with Carson.

[sasportas]

I like Breitbart, bless his memory, but his website irritates me with all its popups.

This bill is an abomination. Carson is to be commended for being on the right side of this issue, but, having never been elected to any office doesn’t set well with me. He’s like Trump in my book, trying to sneak his way into the oval office without having to go through the process everybody else does.

As to Cruz on this bill, I’ll withhold my comment till I hear more from him on it. Unlike Carson and Trump, he has been in the midst of the political fray for some time now. He’s proven himself a warrior for our side. How you can dismiss all this about him with the back of your hand for unelected Carson is beyond me.

[nathanbedford]

I think we conservatives ought to carefully analyze what Nancy Pelosi is up to in departing from party orthodoxy on this issue.

It seems to me that Republicans have a very rare opportunity to win back the Reagan Democrats if they will only turn their backs to the money raining on them from the crony capitalists and the establishment wing of the party who take their pay, just as do the Democrats, from the K St./Wall Street players.

They can get the Reagan Democrats if they will defend the middle-class against government and the sale of government to the corporatists. This is not a left-wing message. To reform the excesses of government is a purely conservative message. Dislocations in the workplace caused by globalism, caused by our trade policies, are the product of government the reform of which is why God put conservatives on earth.

If the opportunity is seized, an entire generation of middle-class voters can be installed in the Republican column. Scott Walker seems to be coming closest among the legitimate candidates (Donald Trump is apparently making the case more explicitly but he is trouble), to this approach. I was disappointed to see that Ted Cruz has signed on to Obama trade.

We shall see but while we are watching it is important not to tear down the very few legitimate conservatives in the race.

[Erik Latranyi]

Yeah, we know you’re not a Cruz backer. Anyone who spends an hour a month here knows that.

Irrelevant to the discussion.

Sessions took the conservative position on Global Governance and Cruz took the GOP-e position.

But, if all you Cruz supporters can do is personally attack those pointing out Cruz's faults, it shows you are very thin skinned.

Your candidate is far from perfect and is showing disturbing signs of occasional acquiescence to the establishment.

[VTenigma]

Sessions/Gohmert 2016

[HomerBohn]

Sessions is a better man than most of those who want to be president after Skeeter vacates the White Hovel.

This piece of crap isn’t just giving the farm away it permanently alters the balance of authority to the Executive Branch from the Representatives of the people never to be reclaimed again.

That is why it must be kept secret and that is why America desperately needs a third party composed of right-wingers with a right-wing platform.

[Old Yeller]

We know why. The question is, why is congress allowing it.

[Georgia Girl 2]

I always trust Jeff Sessions and I am continuing to be puzzled by Ted Cruz’s support for this trade bill.

[matthew fuller]

I guess that I have different standards than you. Having observed the performances of many presidents over my adult lifetime, I really don’t see any benefits to prior experience as a seasoned, elected professional politician or how such experience correlates to quality in presidential performance.
I was completely on board with Cruz, as is evident in all my previous posts, but obamatrade is a dealbreaker as I understand it.

[Jane Long]

BTTT...to your important message.

[Jane Long]

Gohmert just endorsed Cruz....fyi.

[VTenigma]

Yeah it was my fantasy, not reality.

[Sun]

“..“Under fast-track, Congress transfers its authority to the executive and agrees to give up several of its most basic powers. ..”

Scary, VERY scary.

[stonehouse01]

Obama will announce a third term and no one will stop him, that is my prediction.