[TexasFreeper2009]

it’s not a treaty.

[novemberslady]

It can't be a bad thing, after all John McCain is for it!

Along with the other conservatives Cruz and Rubio.

[Diogenesis]

Behold the Face of the GOP sellout of all America,
and the US Constitution for the empowerment of Obama Tyranny
and of globalists, on ObamaTRADE (passed today):

[Erik Latranyi]

Liberals...using commerce to undermine the Constitution since 1789.

[Blood of Tyrants]

It’s not a treaty because they don’t call it a treaty.

[scrabblehack]

Now the Iran letter suggested that “agreements” between foreign nations and the Congress (negotiated by the executive branch) are not all that rare, and that NAFTA was not the first. True??

Now, yes, “treaties” do require 2/3 of the Senate.

Do I understand correctly that, in order to repeal an “agreement,” that all it would take would be majority of both houses and assent of the President, or 2/3 of both houses; but to repeal a “treaty” it would require renegotiation with the foreign power?

[dragnet2]

Trump told us the GOP, Dems and Government are literally robbing America while economically gang banging what’s left of the American middle class.

It’s why the party groupies, party insiders, influence peddlers and ruling class did back flips when Trump gave his speech.

These people in D.C. have been bought and paid for.

[BlackAdderess]

If the European Union is the EU

Does that mean we are about to part of something with the acronym PU?!

[Republican1795.]

Looks like this important news just got sidelined by another convenient shooting report.

[Jan_Sobieski]

There must be big forces at work here causing these conservatives to go right along with a treaty that will be detrimental to United State sovereignty. My understanding is that we are in the midst of an zero-sum existential global currency war. Perhaps our leaders are desperate to maintain dollar hegemony. However I cannot help but think of this verse in the Bible...

Revelation 17:17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree * , and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled .

[sauropod]

I’m proud of my rep, Andy Harris. He voted “no” today.

[Defiant]

A majority cannot vote away the constitutional right of the 1/3 to nix a treaty. If so, we could pass a whole bunch of amendments anytime we want.

[Fiddlstix]

Bookmark

[tennmountainman]

What about the 6 GOP gutless reps who were too coward to vote.

They are more gutless than the ones who voted yes.

[Theoria]

The only Constitutionally enumerated power that a Pres has with other countries concerning ‘agreement’s is a Treaty.

[Yardstick]

Article 1 section 8 says Congress is empowered to regulate national and international trade. Congress carries this out through its normal legislative processes, not the special process for treaties. Congress first started these “fast track” trade agreements back in the 1970s but I think the precedent for handling trade agreements through the normal processes goes back quite a bit further than that.

[Hugin]

It wasn’t a 2/3 requirement, because it’s not a treaty. It was a 60 vote requirement to close debate, and the ability to add amendments.

[capydick]

It aint no treaty

[Thank You Rush]

“”BILL TITLE: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Federal law enforcement officers, firefighters, and air traffic controllers to make penalty-free withdrawals from governmental plans after age 50, and for other purposes””

Just when we think we might have had a little clarification on this whole mess, you link us to what? An amendment to the Internal Revenue Code - penalty free withdrawals from government pension plans?

[hosepipe]