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marmar

(76,982 posts)
Tue Apr 28, 2015, 06:54 AM Apr 2015

Thom Hartmann: "Fast Track" Flouts the Constitution


Sen. Elizabeth Warren isn't backing down one inch in her fight with President Obama over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

On Saturday, just a few days after the president accused her of spreading "misinformation," about the TPP trade deal I like to call SHAFTA, the Massachusetts senator hit back hard in a letter to the White House.

While the Obama administration has, she pointed out, given 500 or so corporate lobbyists inside access to TPP negotiations, it has left the public completely in the dark.

In fact, as Senator Warren went on to write, "It is currently illegal for the press, experts, advocates, or the general public to review the text of this agreement. And while ... Members of Congress may 'walk over ... and read the text of the agreement' - as we have done - (we) are prohibited by law from discussing the specifics of that text in public."

.....(snip).....

If you thought that was bad, though, here's the real kicker: If the Obama administration gets its way, Congress won't even get a chance to really debate the TPP before it becomes the law of the land. .............(more)

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/30462-fast-track-flouts-the-constitution




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Thom Hartmann: "Fast Track" Flouts the Constitution (Original Post) marmar Apr 2015 OP
..... merrily Apr 2015 #1
I can't believe we would have to rely on Republicans to kill neverforget Apr 2015 #2

neverforget

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2. I can't believe we would have to rely on Republicans to kill
Tue Apr 28, 2015, 07:55 AM
Apr 2015

a bad trade deal if fast track passes. When was the last time they ever looked out for American workers? Or the US Chamber of Commerce?

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