Because the actual text of the draft TPP is classified, we cannot know for sure what it says. However, the GOP strategy of including a bunch of limiting provisions in a separate bill, rather than...
https://politicalwire.com/2015/06/10/republicans-attach-conditions-to-trade-bill/#comment-107350
In reply to dweasson. My Representative and my Senators are not allowed to know eith...
https://politicalwire.com/2015/06/10/republicans-attach-conditions-to-trade-bill/#comment-107293
In reply to TrevorN. Yikes. My understanding is that part of the TPP -- negotiated b...
https://politicalwire.com/2015/06/10/republicans-attach-conditions-to-trade-bill/#comment-107245
I guess this is what passes for Republican log rolling these days. Still it is rare to see Republicans whipping votes hard and pushing to pass any significant legislation.
https://politicalwire.com/2015/06/10/republicans-attach-conditions-to-trade-bill/#comment-107139
In reply to embo66. I'm in NZ. We are a small country with a small economy. As it's ...
https://politicalwire.com/2015/06/10/republicans-attach-conditions-to-trade-bill/#comment-107114
Mein gott, the list of Republican demands are pretty unbelievable . . . One can only hope that these are poison pills that ultimately derail the entire thing: -- no trade deals can compel the Uni...
https://politicalwire.com/2015/06/10/republicans-attach-conditions-to-trade-bill/#comment-107108
In reply to citizenupset. I share some of your alarm . . . but one of the biggest po...
https://politicalwire.com/2015/06/10/republicans-attach-conditions-to-trade-bill/#comment-107098
In reply to TrevorN. Where do you live? I'm not for it, either, but I'm curious how ...
https://politicalwire.com/2015/06/10/republicans-attach-conditions-to-trade-bill/#comment-107096
Personally, the more conditions and the more outrageous the better. I don't want the agreement in the first place. Full disclosure, I'm not American. But so far as I can tell being part of this t...
https://politicalwire.com/2015/06/10/republicans-attach-conditions-to-trade-bill/#comment-107085
In reply to dweasson. I'd guess he's making a reasonable deduction from the apparent...
https://politicalwire.com/2015/06/10/republicans-attach-conditions-to-trade-bill/#comment-107082
In reply to Hawkeye. The secrecy argument doesn't make a lot of sense to me: we have...
https://politicalwire.com/2015/06/10/republicans-attach-conditions-to-trade-bill/#comment-107074
In reply to rssrai. I admit I don't understand the motivations behind any trade pact...
https://politicalwire.com/2015/06/10/republicans-attach-conditions-to-trade-bill/#comment-107072
In reply to Sixfiles. The GOP is trying to slip between the horns of the bull -- if ...
https://politicalwire.com/2015/06/10/republicans-attach-conditions-to-trade-bill/#comment-107069
Turns out PRyan added an anti-climate provision. Grrr, I hope this gets O's attention. The measure would "ensure that trade agreements do not require changes to U.S. law or obligate the United St...
https://politicalwire.com/2015/06/10/republicans-attach-conditions-to-trade-bill/#comment-107060
Duh, of course Republicans will decide the fate of the TPP as they control both houses of Congress. Not sure what Democrats could do to stop it (and I'm sure that all of them aren't opposed to th...
https://politicalwire.com/2015/06/10/republicans-attach-conditions-to-trade-bill/#comment-107005
The TPP was always a nightmare bill for American workers, but now it is a devastatingly horrendous horrible trade bill that will no doubt benefit only the 1 percent.
https://politicalwire.com/2015/06/10/republicans-attach-conditions-to-trade-bill/#comment-106993
So, make sure that every Republican who is up for re-election in the Senate in 2016 is on record as supporting Obama. Do a blitz of ads trumpeting that fact in their home states. See if a primary...
https://politicalwire.com/2015/06/10/republicans-attach-conditions-to-trade-bill/#comment-106969
In reply to citizenupset. I oppose it because I am not allowed to know anything abou...
https://politicalwire.com/2015/06/10/republicans-attach-conditions-to-trade-bill/#comment-106930
In reply to citizenupset. How can you know when it is when it's completely secret. T...
https://politicalwire.com/2015/06/10/republicans-attach-conditions-to-trade-bill/#comment-106899
Piggies feeding at the trough. No mandate from the people but hey, who cares just so long as their lobby pay masters approve right?
https://politicalwire.com/2015/06/10/republicans-attach-conditions-to-trade-bill/#comment-106898