Do you agree or disagree with the following:
The authority granted in “Trade Promotion Authority” is authority transferred from Congress to the Executive and, ultimately, to international bureaucrats. The entire purpose of fast-track is for Congress to surrender its power to the Executive for six years. Legislative concessions include: control over the content of legislation, the power to fully consider that legislation on the floor, the power to keep debate open until Senate cloture is invoked, and the constitutional requirement that treaties receive a two-thirds vote. Legislation cannot even be amended.
I believe in Free Trade. Cruz said that the deal create jobs like it has done in TX. Last time I looked, he was the Senator from TX whose job it is to benefit his constituents. He did just that.
TPA and other of these agreements have been around for a long time...nobody has had the feigned outrage that this is getting now. And, the outrage is from people with an agenda.
Congress should NEVER cede power to the President...but, instead of saying “oh no! Let’s not give Obama power” why not do whatever you can to DEFEAT people like the GOP-e who allow him this power?