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In reply to the discussion: FT is NOT about "trusting President Obama". FT is NOT just about the TPP. [View all]tritsofme
(17,575 posts)75. Congress agrees to give the president an up or down vote.
What's the conflict?
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FT is NOT about "trusting President Obama". FT is NOT just about the TPP. [View all]
Faryn Balyncd
Apr 2015
OP
Of course he loves Obama. The Obama Administration decided not to indict his brother
totodeinhere
Apr 2015
#108
Some members of Congress did sue over Libya but the court dismissed the lawsuit
merrily
Apr 2015
#84
Then trust him right off the cliff just like workers did with Clinton and all his trade disasters.
Elwood P Dowd
Apr 2015
#6
Millions of lost jobs, declining wages, & 8 trillion dollars in trade deficits the past 30 years
Elwood P Dowd
Apr 2015
#14
"Trusting Obama" means also trusting the next President, who may not be a Dem. n/t
winter is coming
Apr 2015
#7
Our best chance to defeat this is a coalition of Tea Party Republicans and
totodeinhere
Apr 2015
#116
What he hell do we gain from the TPP, currencies can still be manipulated
QuestionAlways
Apr 2015
#46
Great, and once Congress hands over its power to negotiate Trade Agreements to Obama,
sabrina 1
Apr 2015
#67
I'm sure it's just a coincidence that when we sign 'free trade' deals
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Apr 2015
#33
I watched it. One thing that stood out for me was this "dig into it and find out for yourself." How
jwirr
Apr 2015
#42
That 75,000 is questionable math. It assumes a Korean car bought is a portion of an American job l
Hoyt
Apr 2015
#81
What if it is an engineering construction company that takes US employees and goes overseas to build
Hoyt
Apr 2015
#102
Shows your thought process. I'm for creating additional disincentives, and the TPP does that.
Hoyt
Apr 2015
#104
It is one aspect. The agreement covers a lot of ground. Are you really that obtuse?
Hoyt
Apr 2015
#107
Not to mention that the average TV viewer is not accustomed to reading treaties and desn't
merrily
Apr 2015
#65
Chris Matthews was the moderator. Enough said. He did not ask much. Just made fun of the
jwirr
Apr 2015
#94
Was Obama still making Matthews' leg tingle? Also, Matthews wife is running as a Dem.
merrily
Apr 2015
#121
They may trust Obama, we all may do that, but he is not going to be President for life.
sabrina 1
Apr 2015
#50
You fail to consider that the TPP only deals with trade issues in 5 of the 29 chapters.
stillwaiting
Apr 2015
#48
Then you are okay with Congress playing no role in legislation that affects the people of this
sabrina 1
Apr 2015
#97
I'll take the word of credible organizations and most of our best Democrats, who refused to give
sabrina 1
Apr 2015
#110
Pretty simple, if it is bad deal with bad provisions, Congress should reject it.
tritsofme
Apr 2015
#113
From a general process standpoint, I agree with you. However the ruling from the parlementarian is
tritsofme
Apr 2015
#125
Would SCOTUS even allow it? After all they did strike the Line Item Veto Act back in 1998
cstanleytech
Apr 2015
#21
So it was the law of the land that the president didnt have to get approval from congress
cstanleytech
Apr 2015
#25
I apologize if I misread it then as I thought it was an attempt to take some of the power
cstanleytech
Apr 2015
#31
A Republican Congress and a Republican SCOTUS are going to fight the rich and powerful?
merrily
Apr 2015
#60
I hate the TPA, and the TPP, but I love Hillary, they are not one and the same
QuestionAlways
Apr 2015
#61
K&R. I agree. I don't want any of the Fast Trade. Corporations already have too much power.
Overseas
Apr 2015
#35
Obama's history shows he cannot be trusted to do the right thing without being severely pushed by us
blkmusclmachine
Apr 2015
#40
Obama's taking care of us, everything he's done has been for the middle class.
raindaddy
Apr 2015
#68
Normally I refute "third" way BS with links and footnotes, but after the Chris Matthews interview
myrna minx
Apr 2015
#70
MSNBC is establishment. That's what MSNBC told Cenk when the Obama WH complained
merrily
Apr 2015
#63
Politics is not supposed to be about faith in a charismatic leader. That would be religion.
merrily
Apr 2015
#83
.....! Recommend for exposure and for most of the infomative, intelligent comments.
KoKo
Apr 2015
#92
reminds me of how in CA a lot of county measures fail because they only got 66.2% of the vote
MisterP
Apr 2015
#96