Posted on 06/10/2015 8:27:47 AM PDT by HomerBohn
Everyone in Congress is either brain-dead, an idiot, insane or they are actively working to destroy the United States while thumbing their nose at every citizen in the nation. It has to be the latter as the Senate voted on Friday to allow Obama "fast-track" authority on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), aka Obamatrade. It has now gone to the House where Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) is pressuring the GOP majority leader, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to delay the fast-track on Obamatrade.
Breitbart exclusively obtained the letter Hunter wrote McCarthy. In it, Hunter asks McCarthy to "slow down and consider the ramifications of what it is doing."
In the letter to McCarthy, Hunter wrote, "I write to you today to request that you delay any vote on fast-track authority for the Executive until the President has made public all text and information pertaining to the new economic union known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership Commission, as well as the 'Living Agreement' authority. My concern is that this allows the President and the members of the union to change the agreement and its membership following adoption."
Hunter has a valid point. It seems very few in the House or the Senate have even read the bill. Those who have are under a "gag" order they voluntarily participate in by signing a non-disclosure statement while ignoring their oath of office. These individuals are voting to basically "pre-approve" a trade deal that no one knows exactly what is in it and a deal that could change after "fast-track" approval. In other words, our representatives are committing the taxpayer to a deal they haven't read and the people know nothing about except what has been leaked.
What is known about in the TPP is the "Living Agreement" which means that Obama and the other TPP nations could admit any other nation into the "collective" without having to seek approval from Congress. It also means that Obama could outsource huge portions and control of the US economy, which would include the internet, to foreign governments and foreign regulators. Obama has already confirmed that China is interested in entering the TPP. If the House follows the Senate and approves the fast-track authority for Obamatrade, which will guarantee the TPP approval. China could enter the TPP, which means China would be empowered thereby undermining the United States.
Continuing in his letter, Hunter points out that the creation of a TPP commission basically establishes a "new global governance" which could cede "US sovereignty to foreign and global interests." This point has been highlighted by Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) in a letter to Obama last week.
The new Commission would be a self-governing, continuing body authorized to issue policies and regulations affecting our economy, our manufacturers, our workers, our immigration procedures, as well as currency, labor, and environmental practices. It is one thing to enhance executive authority with respect to a narrow set of trade deal policies, it is another to fast-track the creation of a new international structure before a single detail about that structure has been made available to the public.
The key here is the creation of a new international structure in the form of the self-governing, continuing body known as the TPP Commission. It is very reminiscent of the "European Union" that some countries in Europe are now questioning. Through the TPP Commission, policies and regulations could be created that would be devastating to the US. What has not been considered is this "commission" would basically supplant, replace and become the governing body over this nation circumventing the Constitution. The powers granted to Congress in the Constitution could be stripped in favor of policies and regulations from the TPP Commission. If that weren't bad enough, it could mean the Bill of Rights would be in jeopardy, especially the Second Amendment.
Hunter continued his letter to McCarthy noting that Republicans in Congress should "be skeptical" of Obama's intentions since holding the majority.
What we do know is that obtaining a grant of fast-track authority from Congress is among the President's highest second-term priorities. That should be a strong signal that the President intends to make full use of that power in his remaining time in office. After all, fast-track would give the President a guarantee that any international agreement he reaches can be ratified without subsequent Congressional input. TPP is just the first of several.
In the case of TPP, to approve fast-track would be to authorize the President to finalize this new Commission before we even know its authority and reach. Fast-track would also guarantee the President – and his foreign negotiating partners – ratification of this international Commission without the Constitutional treaty vote or even a Senate cloture vote. Shouldn't we know the details of this new economic union before – not after – we have surrendered our ability to revise it, rewrite it, or regard it as a treaty? [emphasis mine]
Rep. Hunter hit the nail on the head – both chambers of Congress are surrendering to Obama and surrendering the people they represent to the whims of one man.
McCarthy has failed to respond to Hunter, which leads some to believe that he supports the fast-track authority placing him in the company of House Majority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA), Rules Committee Chairman Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX), and House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH). It appears they all are following the "Obamacare" fiasco whose famous mantra "we have to pass it to find out what's in it" coined by Nancy Pelosi, saw members of Congress voting on legislation they didn't know what it contained. It goes to show that we have irresponsible, traitorous, and criminal elements in Congress; however, that is no surprise.
Hunter pointed out to McCarthy that Americans are worried about the loss of sovereignty under this administration since this administration has sacrificed Americans on the proverbial alter of immigration to satisfy special interests. He called it "irresponsible" to pass such authority to the executive to "form a new, binding international governing authority" before anyone in Congress was briefed on how the usurper planned to use it.
As much as many Americans would like to believe there are members of Congress mounting strong opposition to the TPP fast-track authority, some may be calling it for what it is – another public dog and pony show to appear to be representing the interests of citizens.
What member of Congress could even remotely conceive of giving this "fast-track authority" to one man after hearing about some "international commission" that would act as a "global government" to the TPP members? It amounts to saying – "The Constitution, with its Bill of Rights and other amendments, is hereby rescinded in favor of the TPP Commission policies and regulations. All American citizens can now take an aerial intercourse at a motivating pastry."
Congress has become Obama's left arm and ceased representing the people. The Republicans have become a "branch off" of the Democrats. Who is representing the people in our Constitutional Republic? It appears no one.
Let's recap on some things and see where this is all going. Congress passed Obamacare, without reading it, which is designed to fail, begin rationing of health care based on age and usher in a single payer health care system. The United Nations Post 2015 Sustainable Development Goals advocates health care resources be targeted to populations under the age of 60 or 70 across all member nations. The Trans-Pacific Partnership, with its new commission, seeks to "rule" the member nations through "policy and regulations" with Congress unable to halt it even through legislation that has unanimous votes to do just that.
Operation Jade Helm will begin in a few weeks. In some places, such as Flint, Michigan, it has already begun. Foreign troops from Russia and China have been engaged in "joint training" with some of our military forces. On top of that, it has been reported that Obama has made a quiet nuclear deal with China while the Senate Armed Services Committee is still reviewing it.
As Steven Ahle points out in his article, "Obamatrade … US Gives Up All Sovereignty … Redistribution At It's Worst," new members can be added by a majority vote, the agreement can be amended by member countries after the deal is signed, and a majority vote can change the terms and conditions. Each member country gets one vote regardless of population thereby making a third world country with a population of less than 500,000 equal to a first world country with a population of over 300 million. "In fact, of the eleven countries in the TPP, an amendment can be added to the agreement with six countries and a total population of 82 million could defeat the five other countries with a total population of 633 million."
In other words, Democracy (mob rule) and Constitutional Republic (protection of individual rights) forms of governance could take a back seat to "minority rule." Not only that, corporations would have domination over populations. Could we see the beginnings of democide/genocide as some in the United Nations or other foreign governments advocate due to "sustainable development," environmental preservation and initiation of Agenda 21 in full force?
It sounds as though Congress has locked arms with Obama in order to devastate this nation. At this point in time, it doesn't appear that any amount of emails, letters or protests to our Representatives will result in any change to retain our nation. Boehner doesn't agree with Impeachment and those who have hinted at drawing up impeachment articles have failed to do so. The lawsuit filed by Boehner has been a "dead duck" as it has gone nowhere; but, it served the purpose to deflect the attention of some citizens away from the fact that Congress has forsaken the supreme law of the land. Despite a few good men in Congress, both chambers are now filled with a majority of traitors and criminals: Republican and Democrats alike.
Our nation has approximately 18 months more of this administration and Congress. It seems that voting has done little as citizens have traded traitors for traitors regardless of party, even though these charlatans talked a good talk making "promises" they had no intention of keeping. Short of storming Washington, the District of Corruption, and physically removing each and every traitor there, trying them and then hanging them in front of the Capitol, it appears the citizens of this nation are at the mercy of our new Dictator and his "politburo." Hopefully, this is not the case; but, the evidence is awfully convincing.
I infer that all the chaos of the Obama years was just a cover for ObamaCharade advancing the New World Order.
Just when you think it can’t get any worse. But then all the hubbub about trade right now is probably cover for something even more nefarious.
The thing conservative globalists don’t get is that a global government is both NECESSARY and INEVITABLE to realize their vision of frictionless trade and wage equalization.
If you don’t want the U.S. Constitution destroyed and popular sovereignty eliminated, then you have to want tariff and regulation protection for American workers.
What’s happening now is the end game. It’s not too late to turn back, but the end is close.
That’s TPA not TPP...Cruz mentioned pothing of TPP on that video.
For instance: What would be the process for this country to enter into a 10-way international agreement if it were not for TPA?
Knowing with TPA it takes only 51 votes in the Senate to pass TPP, have you read the draft agreement? Does it include any supranational organizations adjudicating US Law and compliance with the "Treaty"?
I could list ;dozens of really good questions not addressed in the article you cite.
Don't be dumb. Do your own research.
And "Don't get fooled again"!
That’s not right....
This Is The Difference Between TPP And TPA
They Are Not The Same Thing.
it is apparent that the soonest Congress could vote to implement the TPP is early 2016, with the distinct and growing possibility that the matter will fall to a lame duck session or to the next president and the 115th Congress.
This bulletin describes the status of TPA and TPP, provides some background, and fleshes out some of the issues that could impact the trade agenda in the weeks and months ahead.
MAY 06 2015
SESSIONS SENDS LETTER TO OBAMA ON TRADE PACT: MAKE ‘LIVING AGREEMENT’ PROVISION PUBLIC BEFORE ‘FAST-TRACK’ VOTE
“There is a ‘living agreement’ provision in TPP that allows the agreement to be changed after adoption—in effect, vesting TPP countries with a sweeping new form of global governance authority. TPP calls this new global authority the ‘Trans-Pacific Partnership Commission.’ These measures are unprecedented. While I and other lawmakers have been able to view this provision in secret, I believe it must be made public before any vote is scheduled on TPA, due to the extraordinary implications. I call on you today to make that section of TPP public for the American people to see and review.”
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest, sent the following letter today to President Barack Obama regarding “fast-track” and the first global trade and regulatory agreement it would accelerate, the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Sessions calls on the President to make public for open national review the “Living Agreement” section of the TPP before Congress considers giving the President a “fast-track” to ratification. In his letter, Sessions also asks the President to answer several core questions about TPA/TPP with respect to trade deficits, wages, employment, and foreign workers admissions before the vote:
“Dear Mr. President:
You have asked Congress to approve fast-track legislation (Trade Promotion Authority) that would allow international trade and regulatory agreements to be expedited through Congress for the next six years without amendment. Fast-track, which proponents hope to adopt within days, would also ensure that these agreements—none of which have yet been made public—could pass with a simple majority vote, rather than the 67 votes applied to treaties or the 60 votes applied to important legislative matters.
The first international trade and regulatory agreement that would be expedited under “fast-track” is the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP. This is one of the largest international compacts in the history of the United States. Yet, this agreement will be kept a closely-guarded secret until after Congress agrees to yield its institutional powers and provide the Administration with a guaranteed “fast-track” to adoption.
The U.S. ran a record $51.4 billion trade deficit in March, the highest-level recorded in six years. This is especially concerning since assurances were made from the Administration that the recent South Korea free trade deal would “increase exports of American goods by $10 billion to $11 billion.” But, in fact, American domestic exports to Korea increased by only $0.8 billion, an increase of 1.8 percent, while imports from Korea increased $12.6 billion, an increase of 22.5 percent. Our trade deficit with Korea increased $11.8 billion between 2011 and 2014, an increase of 80.4 percent, nearly doubling in the three years since the deal was ratified.
Overall, we have already lost more than 2.1 million manufacturing jobs to the Asian Pacific region since 2001.
Former Nucor Steel Chairman Daniel DiMicco argues that we have not been engaged in free trade but in “unilateral trade disarmament and enablement of foreign mercantilism.”
Due to the enormity of what is at stake, I believe it is essential Congress have answers to the following questions before any vote is scheduled on “fast-track” authority.
Regarding the “Living Agreement”: There is a “living agreement” provision in TPP that allows the agreement to be changed after adoption—in effect, vesting TPP countries with a sweeping new form of global governance authority. TPP calls this new global authority the “Trans-Pacific Partnership Commission.” These measures are unprecedented. While I and other lawmakers have been able to view this provision in secret, I believe it must be made public before any vote is scheduled on TPA, due to the extraordinary implications. I call on you today to make that section of TPP public for the American people to see and review.
Regarding trade deficits: Will TPP increase or reduce our cumulative trade deficit with TPP countries overall, and with Japan and Vietnam specifically?
Regarding jobs and wages: Will TPP increase or reduce the total number of manufacturing jobs in the United States generally, and American auto-manufacturing jobs specifically, accounting for jobs lost to increased imports? Will average hourly wages for U.S. workers, including in the automobile industry, go up or down and by how much?
Regarding China: Can TPP member countries add new countries, including China, to the agreement without future Congressional approval?
Regarding foreign workers: TPA is a six-year authority. Can you state unconditionally that no agreement or executive action throughout the lifetime of TPA will alter the number, duration, availability, expiration enforcement, rules, or processing time of guest worker, business, visitor, nonimmigrant, or immigrant visas to the United States?
Thank you for your responses to these questions. Congress has an obligation to defend the legitimate interests of U.S. workers, and the rights of all Americans as citizens of a sovereign Republic.
Very truly yours,
Jeff Sessions
U.S. Senator”
One thing I don’t get is how fast track circumvents the Article II Section 2 requirement for 2/3rds Senate concurrence.
That is just the dumbest damn comment I've heard all week.
Let me axe you a qwershun. Have you called Ted Cruz's office to verify what you're saying? Hmmm?
Bet’cha haven't. In fact, I bet a crisp new $100 bill your just parroting someone else’s tawkin points.
Come on man! Call the man and verify. Don't believe everything you read on the internet.
Yes...am aware of Sessions letter......
Here’s an update....JUN 08 2015
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest, joined with U.S. Rep Duncan Hunter (R-CA) in issuing the following joint statement today regarding the impending vote on fast-track executive authority:
“When the Senate voted on fast-track, many Senators were unaware that they were voting to authorize the President to form a new transnational governance structure. The Trans-Pacific Partnership resembles a treaty more than a trade deal. And like a treaty, it confers the power to both compel and restrict changes to U.S. policy, to commit the U.S. to new international obligations, and to cede sovereign authority to a foreign body. Specifically, TPP calls for the formation of a permanent political and economic union known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership Commission, which will have the power to issue regulations impacting not only trade but immigration, the environment, labor, and commerce. This global union would be able to add new member countries and, because TPP is a ‘living agreement,’ it will be able to change the agreement after its ratification.
By adopting fast-track, Congress would be formally authorizing the President to finalize the creation of this Pacific Union and will have surrendered its legislative prerogatives. Before a word, line, paragraph, or page of this plan is made public, Congress will have agreed to give up its treaty powers. Not only that, but Congress will have also given up its powers to amend the deal, revise the deal, fully debate the deal, or apply a cloture vote in the Senate. In effect, one of the most sweeping international agreements seen in years will be given less legislative scrutiny and process than a Post Office reform bill. And, once the trade implementing legislation is enacted, that implementing language itself will necessarily supersede U.S. law.
In its rush to approve these new powers for the President, Congress risks the jobs, wages, rights, and sovereignty of U.S. citizens. President Obama demands we give him this new authority, yet he refuses to answer even the most basic questions about it. What we do know is that whatever structure the President creates with these new powers—we are told that the plan is ‘the most progressive in history’—it will endure long after he has left office.”
For what it's worth TPP isn't being considered a treaty for purposes of acceptance by congress. Like pretty much every free trade agreement it's being considered a congressional-executive agreement.
I'm not sure how I feel about this but I do know that it's par for the course for these agreements and nothing special for the TPP.
Thanks for the response, that clarifies things for me.
The thing that I really want to see is that Living Agreement part. If it does what’s being suggested, it should definitely be subject to the filibuster.
I never thought of that. You’re probably on to something there.
There is so much demagoguery and propaganda surrounding this thing.
Here’s what I’m seeing:
Fast track does NOT over-ride Congress
Fast track DOES make it more likely a vote will come to the floor
Protectionists hate the idea of TPP - the details don’t matter to them
Free-traders should like the idea of TPP, but the details matter
It has been suggested the details could include a loss of sovereignty - that would be bad
NO ONE has actually seen the details because no deal has been reached
What you are basically saying is we don’t really understand it because we don’t know what’s in it I think. Therein lies the problem. To further complicate the issue it’s probably the intended by-product, confusion
This lying criminal can state anything, but it will be another damned lie! For the sake of our dying nation get this parasite and his entire retinue out!
conservative globalists=neo cons....and they’re good for nothing.
Walker still looks acceptable, but Trump keeps looking better all the time.
Yep....and there’s a lot of disinformation about it being spewed by the media...who loves to keep the fight going.
We have got to trade and what we have now is pretty bad for our country....that’s another reason to move this along...it gives our Representatives more power.
As for people cringing because it means working with other nations...well that IS what trade deals are and how they work.
Obama wants the glory for getting this through...he could care less about anything else regarding it....he’s more than desperate to have something to crow about before he leaves.
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