Elizabeth Warren Fires Back at Obama:

[sabrina 1]

49. Fast Track means that Congress gives up its right to negotiate this Trade Deal, and its role in our

system of checks and balances, and passes that power to the Executive Branch, for six years I believe.

It means that Corporations who write these bills, don't have to deal with Congress (and by extension the American people) but have only the President, who has already told us how wonderful he thinks it is, to deal with.

It is beginning to look like every President from now on will be required to try to Fast Track Trade Bills Written by corporations, by-passing Congress and straight to the Executive Branch.

I say this because Bush, at almost the same time frame in HIS administration, 2007, as Obama's right now, tried to do the same thing. To Fast Track a Trade Bill. It was defeated.

I have seen people here say that this is okay, because they 'trust Obama'. Will they trust a Republican with that same power? Maybe we should not have opposed Bush's Fast Tracking of a Trade Bill after all, by that logic. Because as I understand it, had he succeeded, Obama would have inherited that power.

I believe this will fail again, too many Democrats oppose it, and several Republicans, same as last time. Not to mention all the Unions, Environmental groups, Internet Freedom groups etc.