Senate Democrats Have a Plan

[yallerdawg]

A coalition of Senate Democrats who’ve long opposed new trade agreements, led by Sherrod Brown of Ohio, say they are planning to throw up procedural roadblocks and offer amendments that would expand worker protections and undermine GOP support for the fast-track measure. While they can’t win the battle, Brown and his allies hope their resistance will stoke popular sentiment against the bill and encourage Democrats to vote against it in the House, where Republican leaders warn they still need about 20 more votes for approval.

“The handwriting’s on the wall,” Brown said of the prospects of beating the bill in the Senate. But, he said: “There’s real opportunity in the House to defeat it.”

“We’re going to work as hard as we can to defeat this legislation,” added Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in an interview Thursday. “Time is on our side. The longer we keep it on the floor, the more the American people understand what a disastrous agreement this is, the better it is for us.”

More plan at: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/trade-bill-democrats-117978.html?hp=b1_l2

[ananda]

1. Hope it works!

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[yallerdawg]

2. Nothing compares to...

'bipartisan legislation'!

Games within games within games...

[Mnpaul]

3. Republicans are for fast track

because they think they can win in 2016. Can you imagine a Republican President with 3 years of fast track authority? I can't believe how short sighted they are.

[Omaha Steve]

4. K&R!

[rurallib]

5. sadly he has to do this because some Democrats

forget what it means to be a democrat.

[JDPriestly]

6. Thanks to the Congressmembers who are trying to defeat the TPP.

I really am grateful to them for all they do.

[FlatBaroque]

12. Co-signed

I cannot even imagine the feelings that Democratic legislators are experiencing knowing that they are fighting tooth and nail against a President they helped elect.

For that matter I wonder how President Obama feels.

[Thespian2]

7. K & R

Thankfully, there are some senators who are aware of the harm TPP will do. Thanks to Sherrod Brown, Elizabeth Warren, and Bernie Sanders...To Hell with anyone supporting this crap "trade" deal...

[Plucketeer]

8. I heard a spot about the senate doings on the TPP on public radio this morning.

What was amazing is that thru the whole spot, NOT ONCE was it referred to as the TPP or Trans-Pacific-Partnership. Not One Time did they use those titles - not even in opening on the subject. That has to indicate something - something not good about NPR.

[yallerdawg]

10. This is TPA and TAA before the Senate, and a couple other related bills.

TPA authorizes the president to pursue trade agreements with Congressional guidelines.

The TPP process comes out of TPA legislation.

[Plucketeer]

11. None of those acronyms were used

And yes, the TPP's progress pivots heavily on these doings.

[yallerdawg]

9. This all starts up tomorrow, Monday, 5/18.

You can watch it live on C-SPAN2.

Should start up around 2 ET according to Senate schedule.