“It is handing congressional power to the executive branch.”
No, it isn’t. Every trade deal would be voted up or down by the congress.
Cruz has explained his positions in all important areas including, in detail, the TPA trade bill and the secret TPP bill. Regarding the TPP secret bill, he says it should not have been secret but it will be public for 60 days before they vote on it. That info. is at the approximate 55/56 minute point in his speech in New Hampshire on June 1, 2015..
I urge everyone to listen to his very long speech and answering audience questions. You will know exactly where he stands on every important issue. Here is the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sznh5AjageI&feature=youtu.be
Be an informed voter and listen to what Cruz actually says instead of believing whatever someone else says about his position on important issues.
Your idea of being informed is to follow Cruz no matter what. I do not agree with Cruz’s characterization of this. His pushing and pushing only starts making me mad. I don’t want to be mad because this will hopefully be a non-issue soon. But if he and his supporters keep calling the rest of us stupid (essentially) he will make it VERY hard for us to recover from our disappointment in him.
“Up or down vote” means the Senate has surrendered their 60-vote cloture right and surrendered the right of ANY member of either part of Congress to offer amendments. It has also taken away the right of filibuster.
Don’t treat us like ignorant fools. If TPP was so great they would not be refusing to let us see this mess until after the law was changed via TPA to make it easier to force it down our throats.
Giving those powers away DOES surrender power to the President. It is absolutely insulting for Cruz to do something and then think we are so stupid that he can convince us he didn’t do something that he just did!!!
I feel so betrayed by Ted Cruz and I was a fool that donated to his campaign and talked to numerous people about him.
Now I am spending far more time telling folks I was wrong and that he is a fraud. Thank God we have so many folks to choose from and the election is 17 months away so we can move on and find someone we can trust.
Cruz and Sessions are saying completely different things about the same thing they have read. One of them is lying and I am pretty darn sure it is Ted Cruz.
And to top it all off he has now alienated and infuriated millions of Republican voters for no benefit or reason because the bills have died. Brilliant move.