Senator READS the TPP and Exposes Its Contents
...there are signs on the Republican side that there are splits between the corporate Republicans and those who do not want to give Obama more power or believe fast track for rigged trade deals undermine the Constitution and weaken US sovereignty. The Hill reports that Sens. Jeff Sessions (Ala.), Lindsey Graham (S.C.), Richard Burr (N.C.) and Shelley Moore Capito (W.Va.) are openly saying they will vote against the bill. If six more Republicans join them there will not be a filibuster proof majority in the senate, long thought of as the more supportive of the two chambers for fast track. The Hill reports that Republican leadership “have begun to count votes, a sign that they’re not taking passage of the measures for granted.”
Senator Reads the TPP and Exposes Its Contents; Other Elected Officials Should Do the Same
Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) is one of the few members of Congress who has taken the time to jump through the hoops and read the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). But, he has gone a step farther than other members - he told members of Congress what he read. He told the truth about what the TPP says and why Congress should oppose it in a five page letter to his colleagues.
Sessions' action flies in the face of the threats made by the US Trade Representative to prosecute elected officials who tell people what is in the trade agreement. Others should follow his example and get out the truth about the TPP.
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"'Congress has the responsibility to ensure that any international trade agreement entered into by the United States must serve the national interest, not merely the interests of those crafting the proposal in secret,' Sessions' team writes in a document that lays out the top five concerns with the Obama trade deal. 'It must improve the quality of life, the earnings, and the per-capita wealth of everyday working Americans. The sustained long-term loss of middle class jobs and incomes should compel all lawmakers to apply added scrutiny to a 'fast-track' procedure wherein Congress would yield its legislative powers and allow the White House to implement one of largest global financial agreements in our history - comprising at least 12 nations and nearly 40 percent of the world's GDP.' . . .
"The Sessions document then goes point-by-point for five full pages through the TPA trade deal, laying out why it wouldn't help Americans - rather, it would likely hurt American workers - and why the deal doesn't in fact provide Congress with more power over trade despite talking points from the Obama trade deal's proponents . . ."
The second article in Breitbart, "Only Two Republicans Admit They Have Actually Read Secret Obama Trade Deal - Both Unsupportive" reports on a survey they did of Senate Republicans where they asked three questions: (1) Have you read the TPP, specifically the 'living agreement' in the trade deal that allows the deal to be changed and countries added without congressional review? (2) Does the Senator agree with Sen. Sessions' call to make the TPP available to the public? And, (3) Will the Senator vote for fast track Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) if the TPP hasn't been stripped of the 'living agreement' section that would allow countries to amend the deal without Congressional approval, and to even add countries (like China, if they wanted to) to the deal without Congressional approval?
MORE - http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/30848-senator-sessions-takes-a-bold-step-tells-the-truth-about-the-tpp
‘CRITICAL ALERT': JEFF SESSIONS WARNS AMERICA AGAINST POTENTIALLY DISASTROUS OBAMA TRADE DEAL
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/05/03/critical-alert-jeff-sessions-warns-america-against-potentially-disastrous-obama-trade-deal/
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liked what was offered as enticement to vote yes....not enough money offered jeffie boy? Fuck him, rand poo-poo and the rest.
Just not enough offered to these hypocrites, liars and clowns.
