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Congressional Deal Reached on Obama Trade-Talks Authority
By Brian Wingfield, Laura Litvan and Michael C. Bender Jan 9, 2014 3:34 PM ET
House Speaker John Boehner, an Ohio Republican, said Obama provided scant attention on fast-track authority in seeking support from Democrats in Congress.
I made clear to the president that this cant pass unless theres bipartisan support for it, Boehner told reporters today at the Capitol.
The trade authority, which expired in 2007, lets Congress set parameters for considering trade deals, and allows lawmakers to pass the accords without making amendments. Opponents, including labor unions and environmental groups, say they want more say in the pacts, particularly with the Pacific agreement in its final stages of negotiation, before giving Obama fast-track authority.
This legislation strips Congress of its defining democratic characteristic -- its check-and-balance structure, Michael Brune, executive director of the San Francisco-based Sierra Club, said today in a statement. He said lawmakers should be able to fully debate and amend trade deals.
Supporters of fast-track authority including a coalition of about 160 groups, led by organizations including the Business Roundtable, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the American Farm Bureau Federation and the National Association of Manufacturers. The coalition -- whose members include Boeing Co. (BA), MetLife Inc. (MET), Pfizer Inc. (PFE) and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) -- has ramped up lobbying efforts in recent months.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-09/congressional-deal-reached-on-obama-trade-talks-authority.html
tazkcmo
(7,300 posts)"Supporters of fast-track authority including a coalition of about 160 groups, led by organizations including the Business Roundtable, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the American Farm Bureau Federation and the National Association of Manufacturers. The coalition -- whose members include Boeing Co. (BA), MetLife Inc. (MET), Pfizer Inc. (PFE) and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) -- has ramped up lobbying efforts in recent months. "
...to oppose it.
LukeFL
(594 posts)liberal_at_heart
(12,081 posts)ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)Marr
(20,317 posts)Hell, the Dems there might even "have" to sweeten the pot for conservatives by giving "them" even more corporate legislation in "exchange" for their support on the TPP.
solarhydrocan
(551 posts)at least Democrats like John F. Kerry are on the side of sovereignty and the working class...
ooops. John Kerry supports the TPP. Big time.
Forging a Pacific future Op-Ed October 18, 2013 By John F. Kerry
At a time when some Americans would like to pull back, it's important we work together globally to meet an array of challenges.
After three trips to Asia as secretary of State, I am more convinced than ever that, as a Pacific power, the United States must continue to forge a Pacific future....
...Stability and prosperity require more than security. A shared commitment to economic growth and innovation is part of why the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement is a cornerstone of the president's economic policy in Asia. This partnership will drive growth and create jobs across the Asia-Pacific region and the United States.
http://articles.latimes.com/2013/oct/18/opinion/la-oe-kerry-asia-20131018
How about Regular Joe Biden, the Drug Warrior?
damn. Joey supports the TPP TOO!
TPP on Bidens agenda during visit next month
WASHINGTON U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will travel to Japan, China and South Korea in the first week of December, to discuss the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and other top officials, the White House said Monday...
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/05/national/tpp-on-bidens-agenda-during-visit-next-month/#.Us-av8WvfCo
Biden is all in for a New World Order! People don't like to talk about that though, might be thought of as a "Conspiracy Theorist".
The New Democrats- Working for
solarhydrocan
(551 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)Sickening.
ananda
(28,858 posts)That's because this one has serious domestic and global repercussions
which will negatively impact billions, including the planet.
jsr
(7,712 posts)Talk about the long-term damage to working people.
badtoworse
(5,957 posts)Stick with the status quo? If not, what changes would you make to our trade policies?
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)LuvNewcastle
(16,844 posts)this is what they give him? They just can't wait to turn over their authority to review the different parts of this legislation. America's history for the past few decades has a theme, and that is the gradual reduction of the people's sovereignty and increase of corporate dominance. These policies have been carried out by Republican and Democratic administrations; it's been a gradual chipping away. I think they're almost finished, and we aren't going to like what they've made for us.
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)Once you figure out you can predict exactly what will be approved, merely by imagining what Wall Street would want....
One might almost start to think this "representative government" thing was a con job...
Hmm...
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)This is unfathomable betrayal. This is sale of our representative government. This is corporate subversion of democracy.
This is corruption and the embrace of corporate fascism.
Orsino
(37,428 posts)...in order to get a treaty to kill more jobs, I guess we call that a win?
Hurrah.