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KoKo

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18. Thanks for sharing that....
Mon Feb 2, 2015, 02:31 PM
Feb 2015

I almost get the feeling it could end up like the "Authorization to Use Military Force". House and Senate Members will say: We didn't think the "TPP" was anything but a Trade Deal, because we didn't have time to read it all...and if we'd known what was in it we never would have voted for Fast Track to allow the President to sign and implement it."

That was what concerned those of us who met with David Price our Congressman. We'd heard it before from him (about we (house members) didn't know what was in it but we can fix some of the worst of it later) and we ended up in Iraq, Libya, Syria, Pakistan, Yemen and South Africa with the "AUMF" which still hasn't been "fixed" or revised and we could end up with a "Trade Deal" which is nothing to do with "free & fair trade" and we won't know the effects of until down the road when it is too late to do anything about it..

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I see a "legacy" ride in his future, on Air Force One. djean111 Feb 2015 #1
Crap I hope not. RiverLover Feb 2015 #5
I'm pretty sure Sen. Warren won't vote for it MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #2
Of course, her NO vote is for certain. Wyden has been swinging. Could go either way. nt RiverLover Feb 2015 #3
Bernie Sanders has never voted for one of these so called trade deals. JeffHead Feb 2015 #4
I changed the title, but still if you read the article, RiverLover Feb 2015 #7
centrist Democrats like Obama are not the "Lesser of two evils" - they truedelphi Feb 2015 #6
Nixon cared about the environment more. RiverLover Feb 2015 #8
+10000 woo me with science Feb 2015 #13
I certainly hope not. If Wyden is the key to stopping TPP we're pretty much screwn. pa28 Feb 2015 #9
Just learned all of that. Oy. We have to convince him to change his mind. RiverLover Feb 2015 #10
We definitely need to keep the pressure on. pa28 Feb 2015 #11
"morally flexible" RiverLover Feb 2015 #12
If you call Ron Wyden, remind him he's working AGAINST stated Oregon Democratic Party policy... cascadiance Feb 2015 #14
Jeesh - it seems very clearly spelled out - so what is the deal? truedelphi Feb 2015 #19
"Smart Track"..... KoKo Feb 2015 #15
I just now called Senator Wyden's office... cascadiance Feb 2015 #16
Thanks for sharing that.... KoKo Feb 2015 #18
he's kinda mushy. But aren't they all? n/t librechik Feb 2015 #17
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