I'm going to buy her book.
Thinking about buying from her site...lol.
Posted on 06/12/2015 12:41:58 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
Texas Senator and GOP presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) argued Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) “is not giving the president more authority” and that Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) is “not accurate” in some of his claims regarding the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on Friday’s broadcast of “The Kuhner Report” on Boston’s WRKO.
Cruz argued that he had been the staunchest opponent of President Barack Obama in Congress. He then separated TPA (Trade Promotion Authority) and the TPP (the Trans-Pacific Partnership). He touched on TPA first, stating that “history has demonstrated, the only way to get a trade agreement adopted is with fast-track. Since FDR, consistently, for 80 years, presidents in both parties have had fast-track. Anytime fast-track has lapsed, trade agreements don’t get negotiated.” He later added that it was a “misunderstanding” to say TPA gave away the Senate’s treaty power. Cruz stated that “Under the Constitution, there are two ways to make binding law. Number one, you can pass a treaty ratified by 2/3ds of the Senate. Or number two, you can pass legislation passed by a majority of both of houses of Congress and signed by the president. … TPA uses the second constitutional path.” And “it’s been long recognized that the Constitution’s Origination Clause applies to trade bills, which means the House of Representatives has to be involved. There’s a reason why trade bills have historically not been done as treaties, because the Constitution says that anything concerning the raising of revenues, and trade bills concern tariffs, which are the raising of revenues, has to originate in the House of Representatives. So, the process of approving a trade agreement through both houses of Congress has been the way it has been done for roughly a century. And it is not giving the president more authority.”
Regarding TPP, Cruz said
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Why give ANY President the authority? There are (or were?) three separate and equal branches of government for a reason. Checks and balances exist because they (all branches) simply can’t be trusted (remember Obamacare and the Supremes decision?) to do the right thing by the Constitution.
Then my advice to Cruz and others is to withhold their support until this
bill is Availabe to all, so it can be scored based on what is in it.
Maybe you like secrecy, but many do not.
Amen!
He eroded it himself when he teamed up with sleazy Paul Ryan.
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Putting Congress in Charge on Trade ‘Fast track’ authority will give lawmakers more say over agreements that are vital for economic growth. By PAUL RYAN And TED CRUZ
"The United States is making headway on two historic trade agreements, one with 11 countries on the Pacific Rim and another with America’s friends in Europe. These two agreements alone would mean greater access to a billion customers for American manufacturers, farmers and ranchers..."
http://www.wsj.com/articles/putting-congress-in-charge-on-trade-1429659409
TED CRUZ CHANNELS PAUL RYAN: ‘A LOT OF MISINFORMATION’ ON OBAMATRADE THAT ‘YOU CAN GET ON THE INTERNET’
Comes as a surprise to me too. Not feeling real comfy about Cruz going after an ally.
Was referring to the Constitution, not what the crooks in DC have been doing lately.
Going "full Willard" was the thing to do on June 18, 2012, when that photo was taken.
Cruz is gonna be wrong on some issues. No one is perfect. Where he is wrong, there will be debate. Just like with GWB.
Nice talking point, but given the track record for mystery meat in Congress, no sale. Bring it all out in the open - and not during some perfunctory public release period.
If it’s such a good deal, then they will have no problem with absolute transparency in the process. Save the secrecy for the DoD.
My rule of thumb.
If I agree with a politician 100% of the time, one of us is lying.
Cruz is a policy wonk nerd like Paul Ryan, Ben Sasse and Jack Kemp. This is not about treason. This is about these giddy nerds thinking free trade is super dooper.
Sessions gets marked down on conservative ratings over issues like tariffs and water mitigation.
If Vitter or Steve King voted for TPP it is because they want to flood the world markets with Sugarcane, oil and corn.
You know that is never going to happen so why even bring it up?
Many Americans would like to see THAT BILL?
Because the negotiation for TPP is not complete yet. It will be made public for 60 days before the Congress can vote on it.
Cruz is 100% right. Listen to the youtube link.
yep, of course.
True. No candidate is perfect.
However, it would have been a better decision from Cruz and others to
withhold support of this secret bill until it was made public for ALL to see.
Secrecy is the issue.
Very good observation and description.
I always saw this but was never able to put it into words that described it as clearly as you have.
Limiting amendment by Congress to a treaty and requiring straight up or down vote is normal and necessary. But while this administration is in office? No way! So I understand Cruz’ point but disagree with his conclusion. But I’m not in his position. Assuming he might someday be president, voting against that authority now and later demanding it for a treaty his administration is negotiating would be philosophically inconsistent. So others may want to but I’m not jumping ship over this. If I reserved my vote for someone I agreed with 100% of the time I’d have to run myself.
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