Posted on 06/09/2015 5:10:39 PM PDT by T Ruth
House leaders, confident but not yet certain they have the support to pass sweeping trade legislation, are aiming to bring the package to a floor vote by the end of this week — even as they rush to resolve a last-minute hangup over how to pay for aid to displaced workers.
The vote to grant President Barack Obama fast-track authority to negotiate a massive Pacific Rim trade deal will be extremely tight by all accounts. Senior aides and lawmakers in GOP leadership are intent on scheduling the vote at the moment they believe they have the votes locked up — ideally by Friday, to spare supportive lawmakers the possibility of another weekend of attacks by trade foes back in their districts.
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I agree. But you can never trust obama.
The vote will be only on the TPA, not the TPP.
The GOP needs to be thrown out!
SAMPLE LETTER TO YOUR MEMBER OF THE HOUSE
I am not a brilliant writer, but I know many of us are busy. If you go to the link below and enter your zip it will show you your representative’s webpage.
http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/
Then click the link on their webpage that let’s you submit a comment to them.
Please leave them a message about your non-support for the TPA or you are welcome to use the letter I created below. Just copy and paste it and click Send. PLEASE PASS THIS ON OR EMAIL IT!! Time to get mad folks.
START LETTER
I am contacting you because I believe any vote for the TPA would be a DISGUSTING betrayal of the American people. Republican leadership even calling for a vote is incomprehensible. This is what we volunteered for and donated for to get more Republican control of Congress??!!!!
In one breath Republicans tell us over and over again that Obama cannot be trusted. Then you and other leaders want to vote to give him Special Powers and take away powers from Congress to Obama’s benefit!!!
TPA takes the 2/3 vote for a treaty away from the Senate (Don’t tell me it’s not a treaty. We are already hearing this SECRET TPP is going to do FAR more than any trade bill ever has before).
TPA takes the 60-vote cloture away from the Senate to pass the TPP. Why would you give this to Obama??!!
Voting for the TPA takes away any member of Congress’ right to offer amendments to the TPP that Obama gets to negotiate in SECRET.
I could go on, but you get the point. It is INEXCUSABLE and UNACCEPTABLE for Republicans to support the TPA or even call for a vote. Any person voting for this disgusting legislation should never be allowed to stay in office, go to a higher office, or even not be reminded daily that they BETRAYED us.
This Obamatrade (TPA) is just like Obamacare and we will never forget this. Please do the decent thing and do not support a vote for the TPA. It is a complete betrayal of our country and what the Republican party claims to care about.
They’re not called the stupid party for nothing.
TPA changes the law and takes away the Senate’s right to a 60-vote cloture.
TPA changes the law so that no Senator or member of the House can offer any amendments to the TPP that the TPA allows Obama to negotiate in SECRET.
Why would any decent person changes all these laws to the betterment and advantage of Obama.
Any Republican or Independent that voted for this should be treated just like any other Traitor.
Boehner making another unholy deal with Pelosi to use Rat votes to push it through.
Its Treason.
Giving the Most America Hating President EVER Unlimited Power Over an
Open Ended Treaty that can be Changed at any time after the Vote BY this Soros Puppet
To think a few of these Traitors Have The NERVE to RUN for President
After Selling Out this Country and our Kids out to Foreign Lobbyists and K Street and Soros .
Soros has been working on this Trojan Horse for Six Years !
For better or worse this is the way all modern trade deals have been negotiated no matter who the president, and it's probably the only way they could be. You may not want trade deals, fair enough, but if you think they're important then this is how they get done.
Second, we have never had Soros Puppet in the White house.
A person who despises this country and wants to destroy it and is owned by a creature like Soros .
There is no Trade in this secret Trojan Horse .
That is one of few facts we know from leaks.
Drudge who knows more than any of us called it TREASON !
Just like hiding the details of Obamacare was how things get done. And it is destroying our country.
Now Obamatrade is trying to finish us all off and once again it “has to be kept secret”. And this time he has republicans who are willing to sell us out like Cruz and Rubio.
Completely unacceptable and unforgivable.
Do you really think that the idiot running the show would negotiate a trade deal that favors the US in any way? Just look to Iran for the answer to that. Or any of his other accomplishments for that matter.
The penalty for treason is....
Just about time to get to it.
Anytime anything is “granted” to Obama, it can’t be good for America. I’m just guessing but it very well may be the one world government they want is about to go into effect.
It’s about time to storm DC. A million or so armed Americans. They can hide in their bunkers all they want.
I just officially renounced my support for Ted Cruz.
He will absolutely not get my vote!
Why would the GOP give Obola any more power?
Oh yea, because they’re stupid. McBama and Oboner are fools!
Hilarious and pathetic.
To be fair, this bill is very close to failing. They would have voted on Monday if it was in the pocket.
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