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Obama's trade agenda moves past key Senate hurdle
CNN ^ | 6-23-15 | Ted Barrett and Athena Jones,

Posted on 06/23/2015 9:01:21 AM PDT by bimboeruption

The President's trade agenda scored a major victory Tuesday when the Senate voted to advance a bill to allow "fast-track" approval of large international trade bills.

The outcome of this key procedural vote had been in doubt as a group of 14 pro-trade Democrats weighed whether to continue their support of the bill out of concern that a related workers' assistance package might not pass both chambers.

But after repeated assurances by GOP congressional leaders that workers' assistance measure will be adopted, 13 out of 14 backed the bill.

The vote was 60 to 37, passing by the slimmest margin needed to pass.

A final Senate vote on fast-track could come as soon as later Tuesday, and it will then head to President Barack Obama's desk for his signature.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: boehner; freetrade; mcconnell; obama; obamatpa; tpavote; tpp
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To: bimboeruption
The GOP can count me out for the rest of my life. NEVER AGAIN will I vote for a national GOP candidate. I have spoken to a number of people that are espousing the same attitude. I will make a forecast for 2016, but you all will criticize me for being too negative and possible ban my posting privileges.

I changed my voter registration in 2007 after GWB lost the Congress because he would not stand up and fight for what he believed in. TODAY - 2015 - we have a Uniparty. One just has a lighter complexion than the other. NO MORE When Sarah, West, Levin want to start a new CONSERVATIVE party I will be a charter member.
61 posted on 06/23/2015 10:54:09 AM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: INVAR
"So I’m curious as to how long it going to take for the vast majority of CONSERVATIVES to recognize and accept the self-evident fact that the Republic itself is gone, and that we have single party Ruling Class dictatorship whereby YOUR VOTE NO LONGER MATTERS - and that YOU as a CITIZEN are being REPLACED???? Methinks most have a fatal case of Normalcy Bias and will NEVER allow themselves to understand where we have truly arrived."

Unfortunately, you are so right. It doesn't matter who we vote far, the uniparty selects the candidates and stages the play so we think we make a difference. Cataclysmic change is needed and it will not come from within the system whatever it is. Maybe Vlad will put us out of our misery, but why would he end the comedy show?

62 posted on 06/23/2015 10:54:43 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: INVAR

That’s been my mission of FR since November. There are plenty of patriots/conservatives in this country to change things overnight. We HAVE to stop spinning our rigged game. It does NOT matter who wins in 2016. If we don’t make the government obey us and acknowledge our God-given rights, the slide will continue.


63 posted on 06/23/2015 10:55:46 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: ncalburt
The Gop killed the country when they gave this American hater radical unlimited power to destroy.

If they hadn't given it to them, he would have taken it anyway.

64 posted on 06/23/2015 10:56:53 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (Saying that ISIL is not Islamic is like saying Obama is not an Idiot.)
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To: alstewartfan

Cruz actually already did all the damage required, out there front and center with Paul Ryan spreading disinformation, while accusing others of the same.

This last minute, second-shot, vote when leadership already has the votes it needs to codify what he so fervently advocated doesn’t mean much to me.


65 posted on 06/23/2015 10:58:29 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: alstewartfan

You don’t think he knew better?


66 posted on 06/23/2015 10:58:40 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: Cheerio

I made that decision when they fully funded the DHS two weeks after America said “Stop Obama.”


67 posted on 06/23/2015 10:59:58 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: 9YearLurker; bimboeruption; Timber Rattler

“Yep—it’s unpopular with the base, so excess votes facing elections, such as Cruz, were freed up at the last minute to try to minimize the damage from the wrath of primary voters.”

Yes, a bunch of additional democrats decided to vote “yes”, allowing Cruz to “courageously” vote “no”, after it was assured of passage.

Meet the new boss... same as the old boss...


68 posted on 06/23/2015 11:06:30 AM PDT by Reverend Wright (Illegal immigration: Arrest, Intern, Deport.)
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To: Reverend Wright

Exactly.


69 posted on 06/23/2015 11:07:14 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Pining_4_TX

You’re so right. It was a scam right from the start.


70 posted on 06/23/2015 11:09:30 AM PDT by Reagan0704
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To: demshateGod

Yes, we are way past the point where elections, voting or complaining to the Ruling Class will have any impact on what this Fascist tyranny is doing.

We have been subjugated and we are busy arguing about which patsy and political messiah will give us stuff and save us from the declared domestic enemies of the people.

It is too bad the the vast majority of Americans are only concerned about themselves and getting their entertainments and comforts as the be all, end all definition of ‘freedom’.


71 posted on 06/23/2015 11:10:26 AM PDT by INVAR ("Fart for liberty, fart for freedom and fart proudly!" - Benjamin Franklin)
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To: bimboeruption

This all must tie in with the loss of conservative chairmanships in the House, representatives banished by Boehner for bucking “leadership”.

Sadly, even our guy Chaffitz brought the hammer down on one of our TP conservative committee members.

Jim Jordan is one unhappy camper about the heavy handed Boehner purge, and seems to be leading a contingency of about 40 other conservatives.

Voting against Boehner as Speaker is a now a requirement for any and all conservatives left in the HOR.


72 posted on 06/23/2015 11:11:15 AM PDT by RitaOK ( VIVA CRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming)
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To: bimboeruption

The election of November 2014 never made a bit of difference. If anything it seems to have furthered the progressive agenda.

The “voting for any republican is better than voting for a democrat” line has been proven resoundingly hollow by everything that has happened in the past few months. So what do we do now?


73 posted on 06/23/2015 11:14:39 AM PDT by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: All

Trump is surging in NH directly behind Jeb Bush.

http://newhampshirepoliticalreport.com/


74 posted on 06/23/2015 11:18:48 AM PDT by sheikdetailfeather
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To: demshateGod

I don’t know. Some guys out there are ardent disciples of free trade economists, and are reflexive on the issue. I do know one thing: NO ONE in the Washington internationalist establishment expected the fierce blowback.


75 posted on 06/23/2015 11:19:05 AM PDT by alstewartfan ("I don't remember I don't wanna remember. In fact I've heard too much already!" Al S. "Modern Times")
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To: LostInBayport

I suggest we have 40 representatives in the House of Representatives on our side, and we have 1 senator, Jeff Sessions.

Hmmm. What could be done with the 41 good ones?

Draft Jeff SESSIONS FOR PRESIDENT. %:0/


76 posted on 06/23/2015 11:19:05 AM PDT by RitaOK ( VIVA CRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming)
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To: bimboeruption

If this thing goes through, can’t it be repealed after the election?


77 posted on 06/23/2015 11:21:15 AM PDT by fivecatsandadog ("Islam is Islam. There are no modifiers. It's a political movement masquerading as a religion.")
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To: dragnet2

I am disgusted with Sasse, Ernst, Vitter, Toomey and other alleged patriots.


78 posted on 06/23/2015 11:23:11 AM PDT by alstewartfan ("I don't remember I don't wanna remember. In fact I've heard too much already!" Al S. "Modern Times")
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To: alstewartfan

I’m disgusted with all the folks who still buy into this stuff.

Very depressing. It’s clearly what brought us to where we are now.


79 posted on 06/23/2015 11:26:05 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: lodi90

ANY candidate that assisted this bill to pass will lose their sheen with core primary voters.


80 posted on 06/23/2015 11:27:57 AM PDT by magna carta
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