Posted on 06/12/2015 5:53:40 AM PDT by GIdget2004
Hours before one of the most consequential votes of President Barack Obamas second term whether to give him fast-track trade powers to clinch a sprawling Pacific Rim trade deal Democrats and Republicans have no idea whether the votes are there to pass it.
What they do know is that pockets of opposition from every corner of the House of Representatives has thrown the package into serious jeopardy.
Liberals fear theyre getting taken for a ride by a White House that doesnt care about their interests. Conservatives dont want to give a blank check to Obama, and vehemently oppose a must-pass job-training program. Labor unions have ginned up opposition on the left.
With that, the weeks-long trade fight is finally coming to a head, pitting labor unions and liberals against Obama, Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.). Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who has been noticeably silent until the past few days, is the big unknown.
Even top lawmakers and aides say the fate of the trade deal is anyones guess.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
TAXPAYERS DEMAND LAWS WHICH BAN ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS FROM FORMING FOUNDATIONS
CONTACT CONGRESS HERE: http://www.contactingthecongress.org/
What we really need to know is who is FOR this crap legislation?
7 or 8 rats already jumped to drag this turkey toward the finish line.
ultimately, yes.
It is about a lot more than immigration. It is about giving Hussein near plenary powers to legislate on AGW.
The Enabling Act?
If Hussein leaves office I suspect he will leave with a substantial part of the Treasurey.
Good for you. It all gets tallied.
We deserve better than what we are getting from DC.
It's also about 'climate change'. Guaranteed that those are the two things that Obama cares most about, and everything he promotes is a means to advance those ends.
You got that right.
THE KINGPINS OF CHICAGO CRIMINAL POLITICS IN OUR WH wasted no time.....they had a stranglehold on the Census, AND the US Treasury, from day one.
The minute Obama/Valerie/Rahm/Axelrod/Geithner, and that Practiced bunch of Chicago criminals, landed in the WH they did two things that were apparently crucial to their evil plans
(a) they took control of the US Census;
(b) Obama placed his COS Rahm Emanuel in control of the US Dept of the Treasury (cabinet-level agency oversees IRS).
THE SMOKING GUN---WSJ REPORT--On Jan 20, 2009 Timothy Geithner was appointed Obama's Secy of the Treasury. But within three weeks, the Obama White House tightened its grip on Treasury. Obama put his COS, Rahm Emanuel, in charge of Treasury---Rahm Emanuel's dual role was an unusual move.
When he got to Treasury, WH COS Rahm Emanuel was so involved in the inner workings of the Treasury that the phrase "Rahm wants it" had become an unofficial mantra among subservient govt staffers, prostrate in obeisance, scurrying to accede to Rahm's wishes, according to Treasury government officials. Reported by WSJ / 05/31/09
SOURCE http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124113406528875137.html
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The Chicago mayoralty (and its--cough--"benefits") is a job poor Emanuel has coveted since he was a penniless Democrat machine go-fer back in the 1980s.....before he became:
<><> Bill Clinton's national campaign finance chairman, and,
<><> served a dual role, again,
<><> was Bill Clinton's senior White House aide, AND, a Goldman Sachs lobbyist...both at the same time.
After Rahm "accidentally" became a multi-millionaire, thanks to a measly few months at a Wall Street investment firm......he decided to run for Congress (was there for four terms).
Hard-scrabble Rahm's accidental stumble into politics culminated in Rahm picked as (1) Obama's White House chief of staff .... and a dual role as (2) Obama's hand-picked man at Treasury with an unarticulated "job description."
Later, when he left the WH--penniless, of course---Rahm held a presser declaring he "just remembered" he really, Really wanted to be Mayor of Chicago.
Then Rahm happily announced he had "accidentally" raised $30 million for his campaign "in just a matter of weeks."
Golly, I hope the poverty-stricken little bugger did not "accidentally" wire-transfer federal tax dollars offshore at the time he was in a dual role as Obama's COS AND in charge of the entire US Treasury.
Sob.
Will Dems rescue Obama’s trade pact? Yes ,in just enough numbers to pass it so the GOP gets all the blame for this turkey
It’s also about ‘climate change’.
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And that too. You’re right.
San Fran Nan got up on the floor of the House a couple minutes ago and gave it the thumbs down.
Obama trying to give cover to the GOP.
Looks like Fast Track just go slowed down. House voted nay on the assistance part.
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