TPA is actually a very good bill and it’s not new. The previous TPA was killed by Harry Reid to take it away from GW Bush. This TPA is a reinstatement of the old bill. And TPA is not secret.
TPA is not the problem. The problem is Obama/Boehner.
Ted Cruz reversed his vote because of the amendments by liberals that Boehner allowed and the conservative amendments that Boehner killed.
Unless you are from the Office of Toast'ed Cruz,
given the appearance of impropriety and conflict of
interest with his wife, it is just as likely
that the money bonuses were now 'in the bank'.
This is my point. Why would Cruz E-V-E-R trust Boehner?
How about Mcconnell saying this on Jan 7:
“We’re in active discussion on TPA,” said McConnell, adding, “It’s an enormous grant of power, obviously, from a Republican Congress to a Democratic president, but that’s how much we believe in trade as an important part of America’s economy.”
Remember when Cruz said this:
“Any vote for cloture, any vote to allow Harry Reid to add funding to Obamacare with just a 51-vote threshold, a vote for cloture is a vote for Obamacare,”
This trade bill was the same dang thing. WHY would we agree to a simple majority vote on a possible disaster bill? Cruz didn’t think we should do that on the Obamacare bill.
If you don’t get this, than you just don’t want to get it. A lot of the comments on here remind me of the romney supporters telling us that if we don’t vote for romney, Obama thanks us. Enough!
Your post is spot on. The problem is Obama, Boehner, and McConnell.
Senator Cornyn of Texas is on now extolling the virtues of TPA. Many of the “my way or the highway” bunch on here didn’t stop to think that Ted Cruz represents the people of Texas and not the entire nation. His opponents back home are going to make him pay for changing his vote.