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In reply to the discussion: Question about TPP...is Elizabeth Warren lying when she says Congress can't stop TPP? [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)telling us what is in it.
Sherrod Brown agrees with her. Under intense public pressure, after years of refusing to do so, the Admins was forced to allow Congress to view the Text.
But with so many restrictions, such as they had to go a room and were forbidden when they asked, to make copies to take home to study.
Brown eg, like most Senators, could not spend all his time in that one room. Congressional Staff members normally do that work and are free to go these places without being accompanied by their bosses.
However, for one whole YEAR, Brown tried to get a response from the WH regarding the fact that his assistant was NOT allowed to go that room if he was not with her. And something that is unprecedented, Staff would require security clearance equal to that of their bosses.
This prevented members from being able to do the job they wanted to do. Yet, for ONE YEAR even a Senator could not get a response from the WH.
Sounds like stonewalling to me after watching that exchange between Brown and the Admin representative. Brown became visibly frustrated with the answers was getting which were ignoring his complaint.
So it isn't just Warren.
I am so disappointed in him. He keeps his cool with Republicans, frustrating many of us for years when THIS is he should dealt with them. But slams and attacks a good Democrat.
This isn't making sense. He sounds desperate. Makes me wonder, WHO is pressuring HIM?