It appears that the Senate Democrats reached a deal with the Republicans on Wednesday to move forward on U.S. President Barack Obama’s fast-track agenda, which would give “Obama greater freedoms in negotiating trade agreements with other countries, and Congress would have an up or down vote on the terms of the pacts; but a tougher road lies ahead in the House, where 150 Democrats are opposed to the bill despite the push by House leader, Nancy Pelosi. The trade issue is “one of the rare areas where Obama and Republicans are on board”, with Paul Ryan and others urging its passage, which worries me — because if the Republicans want it and Democrats like Elizabeth Warren are against it — it must not be a great deal for most Americans. “The legislation is seen as key to approving the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade deal between the U.S. and ten other countries in N. America, S. America and Asia.” It is not secretive; Congress can view what is already “on the table” for negotiations, they just can’t pick it apart detail by detail and hold up negotiations with the other countries (because they like to showboat).
May 22 2015
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It appears that the Senate Democrats reached a deal with the Republicans on Wednesday to move forward on U.S. President Barack Obama’s fast-track agenda, which would give “Obama greater freedoms in negotiating trade agreements with other countries, and Congress would have an up or down vote on the terms of the pacts; but a tougher road lies ahead in the House, where 150 Democrats are opposed to the bill despite the push by House leader, Nancy Pelosi. The trade issue is “one of the rare areas where Obama and Republicans are on board”, with Paul Ryan and others urging its passage, which worries me — because if the Republicans want it and Democrats like Elizabeth Warren are against it — it must not be a great deal for most Americans. “The legislation is seen as key to approving the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade deal between the U.S. and ten other countries in N. America, S. America and Asia.” It is not secretive; Congress can view what is already “on the table” for negotiations, they just can’t pick it apart detail by detail and hold up negotiations with the other countries (because they like to showboat).
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