Obama confident trade deal will pass Congress

The Hill ^ | May 23, 2016 | Jordan Fabian

[MichaelCorleone]

Boy, if we only had a Republican controlled Congress, we wouldn’t have to worry about this nonsense getting passes.

[MichaelCorleone]

That’s passed. Not passes. Sorry for the typo.

[blackdog]

Post the entire bill on-line. Let me read it because we all know that’s not how the congress and senate do things.

[2banana]

Why would ANY republican vote for this?

[Sacajaweau]

As long as he’s got he pen....there’s a problem.

[jsanders2001]

> “Having said that, I remain confident we're going to get it done,” he told reporters. “It's good for the country. It's good for America. It's good for the region. It's good for the world.”

We've heard that before....many times. He forgot "it's good for stuffing my own pockets" because you know nation's and manufacturers would pay for this big time...

[Mariner]

The deal was that Obama gets everything he wants for 6 years, and in exchange the Republicans get TPP.

And that deal was struck on the golf course between Obama and Boner.

There is NOTHING on this earth more important to the GOP than TPP.

[mindburglar]

I’m confident it will pass too. Eddie Munster is Obama’s bitch.

[OKSooner]

" Eddie Munster is Obama’s bitch. "

You're really tempting me there with some new tagline material.

[vekzen]

I recall that Cruz supported the bill — though he may have waffled a bit late in the campaign.

[mindburglar]

I’d be honored.

[OKSooner]

Done. :)

[Ray76]

> Why would ANY republican vote for this?

Are you kidding?

[Georgia Girl 2]

Yeh Jeff Sessions was talking about the Korea trade deal. He said he got talked into voting for it and now its not a good deal for us. We are at a deficit with them too. Its not a real trade deal unless the US gets screwed.

[HamiltonJay]

You tell me, Rubio, Jeb, Cruz, et al were all supported it at one time or another, though some lied and claimed they did not once it became obvious trade was something the electorate cared about.

[cymbeline]

deal ... agreement

What legally are these things? How do they differ from a treaty?

[central_va]

Looks like Cruz will get hos 500% increase in H-1b visas after all.

[Oldexpat]

There is no way Korea or any other Asian nation would sign any deal that would reduce their trade surplus with the US. I spent most of my career dealing in these countries and know them well. Without some drastic measures on our part we will not improve the trade situation.

[central_va]

Free Traitors™ tell us trade deficits don’t matter.