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EXCLUSIVE — TED CRUZ: OBAMATRADE ENMESHED IN CORRUPT, BACKROOM DEALINGS
Breitbart ^ | 23 June 2015 | Ted Cruz

Posted on 06/23/2015 4:29:02 AM PDT by Leto

As a general matter, I agree (as did Ronald Reagan) that free trade is good for America; when we open up foreign markets, it helps American farmers, ranchers, and manufacturers. But TPA in this Congress has become enmeshed in corrupt Washington backroom deal-making, along with serious concerns that it would open up the potential for sweeping changes in our laws that trade agreements typically do not include. Since the Senate first voted on TPA, there have been two material changes. First, WikiLeaks subsequently revealed new troubling information regarding the Trade in Services Agreement, or TiSA, one of the trade deals being negotiated by Obama. Despite the administration’s public assurances that it was not negotiating on immigration, several chapters of the TiSA draft posted online explicitly contained potential changes in federal immigration law. TPA would cover TiSA, and therefore these changes would presumably be subject to be fast-track. When TPA last came up for a vote, both Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)80% and I introduced amendments that would have barred fast-track treatment for any trade agreement that attempted to impact immigration law. Two other Republican senators objected, and we were both denied votes on our amendments. Instead, the House inserted substantially weaker language in related legislation.

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TOPICS: Activism/Chapters; Breaking News; Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: 114th; breitbartwebsite; cruz; cruz2016; cruztpa; cultureofcorruption; fasttrack; fireboehner; jeffsessions; sessions; tedcruz; tpa; tpavote
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To: TNMOUTH

Its not an all or none deal. You can do both. I do think that time spent on electoral politics is time wasted at this point. But there will be some who regardless of how many times we’re screwed over will think that “this time will be different,” OK. They’re going to do what they’re going to do anyway.

One of the nice things about a “walk away from the table” strategy is that it could put some pressure on those pitching electoral politics to actually deliver something other than failure and capitulation.


681 posted on 06/24/2015 8:47:16 AM PDT by RKBA Democrat ( The ballot is a suggestion box for slaves and fools.)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

That’s because there are so many liberals here to promote them.


682 posted on 06/24/2015 8:49:34 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: Norm Lenhart

No shortage of liberals here, including those who aren’t bright enough to know what they are : )


683 posted on 06/24/2015 8:52:19 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Norm Lenhart

The link is nothing. I hit paste by mistake.

Cool song though. :)


684 posted on 06/24/2015 8:56:37 AM PDT by Lucky9teen (Justice will not be served until those who r unaffected r as outraged as those who r. B Franklin)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

With this being the F O U R T H election in a row they have advocated liberal Republicans, I think we can safely say they aren’t conservative in any way, shape or form. And ‘Because I say I am” doesn’t work well when advocating for liberal Republicans F O U R elections prove their words a complete lie.

Sorta like getting caught murdering the truth while you stand with a bloody knife over the corpse saying “I dinn’t see Nuffin!”


685 posted on 06/24/2015 8:57:34 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: Lucky9teen

Yup! ;)


686 posted on 06/24/2015 8:58:02 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: Norm Lenhart

” With this being the F O U R T H election in a row they have advocated liberal Republicans”

And why I haven’t voted for a POTUS in four elections. It isn’t just that they are “liberals”, they are traitors. Hard to vote for a traitor as a “lesser evil” n’est pas ?


687 posted on 06/24/2015 9:02:55 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: CodeToad
Ted Cruz did not change his mind about TPA and free trade......GOP leadership are changing the bill!

He (and like 90% of conservatives) supports TPA and he supports free trade. TPA by itself is still a very conservative idea.

But, he opposes the pork and tax hikes that are being included in the new version to appease the Democrats who blocked TPA last time. He says that TPA would have strong conservative support without these attachments.

He also wants his Cruz/Sessions immigration amendment added to the bill. (It was block by Rand Paul and Lindsey Grahamnesty) This is what it looks like when a man of principle draws a line and says to Washington, "You've gone too far. This bill is no longer a good for the American people."

Btw, this is the exact same position of the Heritage Foundation.
688 posted on 06/24/2015 9:04:36 AM PDT by Lucky9teen (Justice will not be served until those who r unaffected r as outraged as those who r. B Franklin)
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To: Lucky9teen

I listened to Ted the liar Cruz two times.
First he scanned the SECRET Agreement.
Then, he read it all but the footnotes.
He lied because of his wife’s relationship to Goldmann
Sachs AND because he supported ObamaTRADE.

Like Scott Brown, when elected, Ted the Liar deserted
his voters for Obama.


689 posted on 06/24/2015 9:08:41 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: Jack Black; Norm Lenhart

Re: voting for Romney

I too voted for Romney, knowing he wasn’t a true Conservative. But I knew I could live with myself with that vote, because it was better to vote for a pro-choice candidate, than an anti-America candidate (even though I’m pro-life). And even though Romney probably was owned by the establishment, I don’t believe for a minute, he would have been nearly half as bad, as Obama has been, as Jack Black pointed out in his post (racist, American hating, gay communist Islmaic sympathizer trying to “fundamentally transform” America).

That said, I believe we need the “right-wing extremist” candidate now....and that would be none other than Ted Cruz. He’s not perfect, but damn if he isn’t a true Conservative.


690 posted on 06/24/2015 9:14:46 AM PDT by Lucky9teen (Justice will not be served until those who r unaffected r as outraged as those who r. B Franklin)
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To: fortheDeclaration

You keep using the word Treason...I do not think it means, what you think it means.


691 posted on 06/24/2015 9:15:18 AM PDT by Lucky9teen (Justice will not be served until those who r unaffected r as outraged as those who r. B Franklin)
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To: Lucky9teen

Treason is understood quite easily.

It is helping, aiding and comforting Enemies of the USA,
in violation of the the Constitution
(Article III, Section 3, Paragraph 1),
thereby betraying the United States,
in an overt act (with or without the flow of money),
witnessed by thousands of people.


692 posted on 06/24/2015 9:20:54 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: cuban leaf

Firefox has something called ‘no script’... it’s a free add on...


693 posted on 06/24/2015 9:23:16 AM PDT by GOPJ (Ask about the 'Kremlin-backed bank that paid Bill Clinton $500,000 for a single speech in Moscow'..)
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To: Lucky9teen; All

all that you say is ridiculous. listen to Cruz’s interview with Mark Levin. even Cruz now admits that this obamatrade will change immigration laws . he states this as 1 of his reasons for doing his flip flop vote changing his vote to no on obamatrade now. he SAID that he and Sessions tried to add ammendments that would stop obama from changing immigration laws but those FAILED to pass. but he defended obamatrade up until yesterday. he said wikileaks leaked the immigration changing parts of it. obama has been working in secret on this TPP obamatrade deal for at least 6 years. and to give this monster Obama a blank check(TPA) to pass whatever is in this TPP is ridiculous. I said all this months ago. no one listened to me but i was attacked here for it.

The new Obamatrade deal is not just about trade but about Obama changing U.S. immigration laws to flood the USA with 3rd world immigrants. Many on this forum campaigned for this Obamatrade immigration agenda disguised as free trade.

This Obama trade deal is a trojan horse.It’s disguised as “free trade” What It really allows is for Obama to flood the USA with an unlimited number of 3rd world immigrants ...
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/20710-obama-gop-trade-scheme-includes-unrestricted-immigration

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2015/04/dick_morris_fast_track_could_lead_to_unlimited_immigration.html

This Fast track gives Obama power to make agreements that override U.S. IMMIGRATION laws and any law. It’s the destruction of the republic.It gives obama unlimited dictatorial power to destroy the U.S. Proof here :

http://getliberty.org/oppose-trade-authority-for-obama-on-pacific-trade-deal/
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/20233 .

Obamatrade is about to pass .So those who campaigned here for it’s passage are also responsible for the destruction of America. The USA is done.


694 posted on 06/24/2015 9:31:03 AM PDT by Democrat_media (Obama illegally got his FCC gestapo to impose SOROS' regulations on Internet)
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To: caww; All

listen to Cruz’s interview with Mark Levin. even Cruz now admits that this obamatrade will change immigration laws . he states this as 1 of his reasons for doing his flip flop vote changing his vote to no on obamatrade now. he SAID that he and Sessions tried to add ammendments that would stop obama from changing immigration laws but those FAILED to pass. but he defended obamatrade up until yesterday. he said wikileaks leaked the immigration changing parts of it. obama has been working in secret on this TPP obamatrade deal for at least 6 years. and to give this monster Obama a blank check(TPA) to pass whatever is in this TPP is ridiculous. I said all this months ago. no one listened to me but i was attacked here for it.

The new Obamatrade deal is not just about trade but about Obama changing U.S. immigration laws to flood the USA with 3rd world immigrants. Many on this forum campaigned for this Obamatrade immigration agenda disguised as free trade.

This Obama trade deal is a trojan horse.It’s disguised as “free trade” What It really allows is for Obama to flood the USA with an unlimited number of 3rd world immigrants ...
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/20710-obama-gop-trade-scheme-includes-unrestricted-immigration

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2015/04/dick_morris_fast_track_could_lead_to_unlimited_immigration.html

This Fast track gives Obama power to make agreements that override U.S. IMMIGRATION laws and any law. It’s the destruction of the republic.It gives obama unlimited dictatorial power to destroy the U.S. Proof here :

http://getliberty.org/oppose-trade-authority-for-obama-on-pacific-trade-deal/
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/20233 .

Obamatrade is about to pass .So those who campaigned here for it’s passage are also responsible for the destruction of America. those like you who still say this TPA and TPP comined as obamatrade is not destructive to America are responsible for the destruction of America. FYI there are 7 billion people in the world most of them in the 3rd world . get ready cause obama is about to import most of these into the USA. The USA is done.


695 posted on 06/24/2015 9:38:29 AM PDT by Democrat_media (Obama illegally got his FCC gestapo to impose SOROS' regulations on Internet)
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To: Democrat_media

You keep posting the same links and comments.....over and over....and over again. Please do not post me further.


696 posted on 06/24/2015 10:11:08 AM PDT by caww
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To: Hardens Hollow

I live near Medina, just north of Jackson TN.


697 posted on 06/24/2015 11:39:21 AM PDT by conservativejoy (We Can Elect Ted Cruz! Pray Hard, Work Hard, Trust God!)
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To: Lucky9teen

I shook Ronald Reagan’s hand. I also remember what he went through in 1980 to get the nomination. It was no different than what Ted is going through and was arguably worse.

Don’t worry. Ted is a big boy and is man enough to handle the mud slinging.

Your post is a representation of the millions of grassroots who can hear the sincerity in Ted Cruz. They know he’s the real deal. And it is the grassroots level that Ronald Reagan connected and won over the American people even as the media tried their best to crucify him

Cruz will win. We just need to be patient and wise, and ready for lies, dirty tricks and yellow journalism.


698 posted on 06/24/2015 12:03:32 PM PDT by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: Lucky9teen; All
The original TPP (obamatrade) allows Obama to import hundreds of millions of 3rd world people into the USA . Listen to Cruz with Mark Levin .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRBXj38Q9-I Even Cruz NOW admits that this Obamatrade will change IMMIGRATION laws.

FYI there are 6 billion people in the 3rd world. We are done as a country once this Obamatrade passes it.

All here who pushed for the passage of obamatrade are responsible for the destruction of the greatest civilization ever the United States of America. I tried to warn people here about obamatrade but many ridiculed me and attacked me . now that your hero agrees with me after changing his vote what do you all say now? Ann coulter has a book on this how the left will turn America into a 3rd world socialist hell hole.

699 posted on 06/24/2015 12:15:04 PM PDT by Democrat_media (Obamatrade is really Obama changing immigration laws to import billions of people from 3rd world)
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To: Erik Latranyi
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, released the following statement regarding votes on the Iran Nuclear Review Act:

“This bill was a missed opportunity. If Congress had acted to defend our constitutional authority – if Congress had adopted the Cruz-Toomey amendment – then we would be able to stop a bad Iran deal. Instead, the odds are now overwhelming that under these ground rules President Obama will negotiate, and Congress will acquiesce to, a terrible deal that allows Iran to acquire nuclear weapons and will endanger the lives of millions of Americans and our allies.

“I voted no on cloture because we should have insisted on amendments to put real teeth in this bill. Ultimately, I voted yes on final passage because it may delay, slightly, President Obama’s ability to lift the Iran sanctions and it ensures we will have a Congressional debate on the merits of the Iran deal. I will continue to lead the fight to prevent the Islamic Republic of Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons and to protect the national security of America and our allies.”


At least Cruz is honest about this bill and isn’t acting as though it were some big victory, like McConnell and Corker:
700 posted on 06/24/2015 12:16:08 PM PDT by Lucky9teen (Justice will not be served until those who r unaffected r as outraged as those who r. B Franklin)
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