Well...she's Laid it Straight Out!

[KoKo]

[pangaia]

1. Bravo Louise !

She's almost my representative..close enough that I like to call her mine. She's like a small shaggy-haired dog that grabs your pants leg, keeps biting and won't let go...

[Auntie Bush]

4. You mean like my dog? nt

[Laelth]

2. k&r for the truth. n/t

-Laelth

[KittyWampus]

3. Louise is amazing. And I was speechless when I found out how old she is.

She is a very special person.

[brer cat]

5. Praise for the truth!

Preach it, Louise.

K&R

[BlancheSplanchnik]

6. She's my rep. :) pure awesome.

Works hard, smart as hell, knows how to fight the political games. puts the good of people first and is trustworthy.

My previous rep before I moved was a teapuke fetus obsessed, constituent ignoring, ideologue, extremist, lying POS....Tom Reed.

[loudsue]

24. Sounds like my rep: Renee Elmers (R, NC) Ugh! We have GOT to get rid of her!

Even Kay Hagan (Democratic US Senator from NC) is caving to the tea party. She's been bashing "obamacare" all over the place. The Koch heads are running seven and 8 teevee commercials against Kay Hagan every night, and she won't fight fire with fire. She's fighting fire with agreeing with them. AND she's signing on to push against Obama and Kerry in the Iran negotiations...she thinks we should reinstate the sanctions.

[rhett o rick]

7. We must stand up and speak out against this administrations efforts to "fast track" this down our

throats. Conservative Democrats will kill the middle class.

[santroy79]

8. How

Do we stop the fast track ?

[rhett o rick]

11. Beg our "representatives" to not approve the fast track. nm

[cstanleytech]

14. What does the speed matter if a trade deal turns out to be a bad deal in the end regardless?

[magical thyme]

15. fasttrack is how they're trying to shove it down our throats with nobody actually reading it

we have to stop it from being fast-tracked in order to get the word out about how badly we will all be fucked if it goes through.

[rhett o rick]

23. I believe that "fast track" means it goes thru Congress with out much scrutiny. nm

[cstanleytech]

25. Considering how the majority of trade deals have ended up being bad

for most americans that congress has approved over the past 40 years I dont see much of a difference over it being fast tracked or not because it seems most of us will end up getting screwed still by congress regardless.

[rhett o rick]

26. It it isnt "fast tracked" then it would give the public time to give input.

But Congress doesnt want the responsibility so they probably will fast track it thru.

[cstanleytech]

29. Ya but even if we had the time to provide imput my point stands that in the end they would

screw us still most likely regardless of our opinions because their one and only interest in congress is to those who provide them the most $$$ not to mention alot of them have their own business interests in seeing such trade deals go through in the name of seeking more $$$ for themselves.

[rhett o rick]

30. I dont disagree but we must fight every step of the way. nm

[jtuck004]

33. If those who want to stop it from being fast tracked are successful in doing that, that success

will help them add more sunshine by getting the word out.

And this moldy piece of shit probably wouldn't like sunshine any more than those who are pimping for it.

[Jackpine Radical]

38. Up/Down vote, no amendments allowed.

[rhett o rick]

48. Thank you. How about debate? nm

[Jackpine Radical]

49. I don't know.

[cantbeserious]

9. Bravo - Well Said

eom

[liberal_at_heart]

10. so glad to see more voices for the people.

[DeSwiss]

12. K&R

- Thank you Ma'am.
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[99Forever]

13. Another REAL Democrat.

Bravo!

Time to take OUR party back from the corporate scum that has infested it.

[L0oniX]

41. +1 ...for real Democrats.

[wildbilln864]

16. k & r! n/t

[marmar]

17. k/r

[passiveporcupine]

18. another recent thread had a question in it

about how the trade agreement can be so bad when the whitehouse is so behind it. It's because Obama is a Neo-liberal...and so is Clinton.

I love Obama and think he's done great things for this country in his time in office, but I would like to see our next President be a bit more progressive/liberal. Not Corporation friendly like Obama seems to be. I will hold my nose to vote for Clinton if it comes to that, because a Republican would be worse, but I sure hope we can get someone better than her to run in 2016.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

19. Amazing what gets said when Democrats debate in the open.

Between this and averting a war with Iran, the GOP is sitting on the sidelines doing nothing.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

20. If that's the case with TPP, then no doubt Obama will veto it. Won't he?

[FreedRadical]

21. Is this going to happen no matter what?

I have a since of deep frustration in the face of this. Seems to me no matter how much we fight and bitch, we are like the coyote with the umbrella. You can hear the sound of the giant rock falling on your head.

CAN THIS BE STOPPED?

[ChisolmTrailDem]

22. Nope it cannot be stopped. And Cong. Slaughter as much as says so in that quote. n/t

[KoKo]

28. It can be stopped as long as Senate doesn't get enough votes to Fast Track It!

The Buzz is that the House is so divided on it that both Dems and Repugs will not vote for it. But, if the Senate can push through "Fast Track" then the House will have NO SAY SO...it will be Passed as "Fast Track" with no input from the US House.

So...It MUST be STOPPED in SENATE for the FAST TRACK! Because that means whatever the President chooses in language cannot be amended by House. The President and Senate will ram through the deal.

So...it's our Senators who are the ones who hold the future of the TPP (as it's been written in Secret) in their hands.

Still if the "Fast Track Vote in Senate" goes down...we aren't in the clear YET. It means the Full Bill (written in secret) IF it get through Senate in "normal vote" will go to House and can be Amended before full vote. We can bet that the Corporate Lobbyists will be keen to add their "written Amendments" in the bill and so even then it could STILL PASS the way the President originally planned...but, that it will be harder if the Senate doesn't get the "Fast Track Legislation" to ram it through without the US House Input.

So ....we need to contact our Senators (even the Dinos..and if the vote for Fast Track goes down in Senate...then we've got to do a mass action against it passing in the House which means we have to contact even our DINO or REPUG House Members and tell them..."NO WAY!" And make sure our DEM House Members get the Message TOO!

But...for NOW everything is on pushing the Senate to vote down the FAST TRACK which will be a DONE DEAL...and we will have no power as citizens to do anything more. It gives the ultimate power to the President for what he's negotiated in Secret. Bill Moyers did the best report on this.

http://billmoyers.com/2014/01/09/fool-me-once-20-years-of-nafta-show-why-the-trans-pacific-partnership-must-be-stopped/

[FreedRadical]

35. Out here we have Wyden and Merkley...

We will do what we can to push back. They are pretty left leaning. Not sure where they are on this yet.

Can't shake the sinking feeling though.

[Bluenorthwest]

39. Merkley says he is 'in the dubious camp' about this trade agreement

but he's not taking a strong stand against it and I am disappointed.

[TBF]

40. They'll eventually get it through -

we may be able to slow it down by shining a lot of light on it.

NAFTA has been disastrous for the working class of this country (used to have decent factory wages - now at your local Walmart getting $8/hr at best).

TPP is NAFTA on steroids.

[SomethingFishy]

45. +1 They are keeping what is in the TPP secret for a reason...

It's like the Patriot Act. We'll know a little about it but no one will have actually read the thing when they vote on it, and in the end we'll get screwed again.

Problem is they are running out of stuff to steal from us.

[jsr]

27. No truer words

[cui bono]

31. knr

[elleng]

32. She usually does.

I like her hugely.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

34. Rep. Slaughter is the only Congress member

with a degree in microbiology! What a keeper....here's more and you can sign up for e-mail from her at this link:

http://louise.house.gov/biography/

[democratisphere]

36. We need a POTUS that thinks, talks and acts like Louise Slaughter.

Amazing women!!

[Enthusiast]

37. Kicked and Recommended!

Way to go, Louise!

[bvar22]

42. DURec!

Thank You, Congresswoman Slaughter, for saying what every American Worker already KNOWS.
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Every Trade Agreement they've had since I've been in Congress has hurt both the American manufacturers and American workers. Not one of them have benefited."[/font]---Congresswoman Louise Slaughter

Everybody KNOWS this.
Even President Obama and Hillary KNOW this about "Free Trade",
and have admitted that they KNOW that these agreements HURT American Workers during Campaign 2008 when they BOTH pledged to "immediately Re-Negotiate NAFTA".

So, if everybody already KNOWS,
how come so few in the Democratic Party have the courage to publicly admit it?

What has happened to what used to be the Party of the Working Man?





You will know them by their WORKS,
not their promises of excuses.

[Jesus Malverde]

43. She is speaking clearly and making sense...nt

[Blue Owl]

44. Goddamn straight

[alfredo]

46. It only benefits the capitalist that have turned their backs on America. They see themselves

as sovereign citizens, above the laws of nations.

[alfredo]

47. Make the STOCK act stronger.

[demigoddess]

50. truth, something republicans can't hear

and democrats usually don't want to. Boy are we in deep doodoo!!

[rafeh1]

51. how about a US scorecard

They can import what they like but we arent obliged to buy it.

How about a scorecard that says
0-100 made in USA A- 90%+
0-100 local content A-90%
0-100 safe chemicals. A-90%


Us consumers agency takes on the job of grading each product sold. So we can go around and buy only grade triple AAA products.
This will help the local economy and provide safe products to those who care. Those who dont care can continue to buy china.

I have nothing against china but I think food should be local as much as possible.