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In reply to the discussion: The staged performance and then the betrayal [View all]marym625
(17,997 posts)51. Here's some background
By the way, since Tuesday, many of the top posts are about this so you can get a bunch more information from those. But here's a basic outline
Tuesday
Moreover, Senate Democrats including the handful who have supported Obamas trade push said they were not inclined to move forward with debate unless Republican leaders provided assurances that related pieces of legislation would move in tandem.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democrats-threaten-to-stall-trade-legislation-in-the-senate/2015/05/12/08f71d66-f8c0-11e4-9ef4-1bb7ce3b3fb7_story.html
Senate Democrats demanded that McConnell combine the fast-track bill with three other pieces of trade legislation, including a customs bill that would address currency manipulation.
Tuesdays opposition included Senate Finance Committee ranking member Ron Wyden (Ore.) and other Democrats who back the fast-track bill.
The group is concerned about the lack of a commitment to trade enforcement, which is specifically the customs bill, Wyden told reporters in explaining his opposition.
Tuesdays opposition included Senate Finance Committee ranking member Ron Wyden (Ore.) and other Democrats who back the fast-track bill.
The group is concerned about the lack of a commitment to trade enforcement, which is specifically the customs bill, Wyden told reporters in explaining his opposition.
Then, yesterday
One day after Senate Democrats blocked the "fast-track" trade authority bill that has been championed by both President Obama and Republicans, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says an agreement has been reached to move forward.
The solution calls for separate votes on bills that Democrats had wanted to move as a single package on the floor, according to NPR's Ailsa Chang. Ailsa says the Senate will vote on a customs enforcement bill that includes Sen. Charles Schumer's safeguards aimed at reducing currency manipulation.
The customs bill "will get a vote tomorrow at 10:30 a.m.," Ailsa reports, along with "a vote on a bill giving trade preference to sub-Saharan African countries."
The solution calls for separate votes on bills that Democrats had wanted to move as a single package on the floor, according to NPR's Ailsa Chang. Ailsa says the Senate will vote on a customs enforcement bill that includes Sen. Charles Schumer's safeguards aimed at reducing currency manipulation.
The customs bill "will get a vote tomorrow at 10:30 a.m.," Ailsa reports, along with "a vote on a bill giving trade preference to sub-Saharan African countries."
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/05/13/406485546/senate-reaches-deal-to-vote-on-fast-track-trade-bill-thursday
Senate Democrats on Wednesday relented in their opposition to the consideration of legislation expediting trade agreements, just 24 hours after their vote blocking the bill put a temporary halt on President Obamas trade agenda.
In exchange for allowing Trade Promotion Authority to move forward, Democrats will get to vote Thursday on bills cracking down on Chinese currency manipulation and giving preferential treatment to imports from African countries. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced the deal on the Senate floor on Wednesday. Trade Promotion Authority allows the president to negotiate agreements that Congress must vote on without amendment. To secure Democratic votes, McConnell will combine that bill with a separate measure providing aid to workers displaced by foreign trade. Senate Democrats on Tuesday had demanded that McConnell package all four bills together, but he refused on the grounds that the currency proposal would have sunk the underlying trade legislation in the House. Now House Republicans can choose to ignore the currency and Africa measures even if they clear the Senate.
In exchange for allowing Trade Promotion Authority to move forward, Democrats will get to vote Thursday on bills cracking down on Chinese currency manipulation and giving preferential treatment to imports from African countries. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced the deal on the Senate floor on Wednesday. Trade Promotion Authority allows the president to negotiate agreements that Congress must vote on without amendment. To secure Democratic votes, McConnell will combine that bill with a separate measure providing aid to workers displaced by foreign trade. Senate Democrats on Tuesday had demanded that McConnell package all four bills together, but he refused on the grounds that the currency proposal would have sunk the underlying trade legislation in the House. Now House Republicans can choose to ignore the currency and Africa measures even if they clear the Senate.
So they pretended to give a shit then gave in with the promise of nothing. The currency manipulation will go forward in the TPP because the stand alone bill will not pass
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Those who vote for this will be rewarded by the beneficiaries of this atrocious
sabrina 1
May 2015
#5
The party isn't gonna change. Period. At least not in your lifetime, or the next one.
jtuck004
May 2015
#14
"The love of money is the root of all evil" < That explains a lot of our problems. n/t
jtuck004
May 2015
#184
'Religion" is not used as a deity construct, it is being used as a belief in what used to be the
djean111
May 2015
#28
This is too important to play dimwitted "let's get a post locked" games.
DisgustipatedinCA
May 2015
#30
Losing one's religion is just a saying, it has nothing to do with organized religion/deities.
cui bono
May 2015
#114
I've been afk a bit, what have I missed, what is this in reference to?
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
May 2015
#15
Actually, I'm guessing at that part because the information I've seen is sketchy.
randome
May 2015
#36
That's it. I knew I had it wrong but I wasn't able to find the posts for it. Thanks.
randome
May 2015
#43
A lot of the Dems who voted against the TPP fast tracking reversed their votes, so now
Nay
May 2015
#34
Agree. Protecting human rights as well as corporate rights is not anti free trade.
think
May 2015
#33
I'm waiting for a single BOG er to wake the hell up and admit what this president has done
Doctor_J
May 2015
#86
They insult the very people who put them in office. Why do they even bother to hide this
Elwood P Dowd
May 2015
#140
At the end of "Joe's Garage," Joe - who only ever wanted to play guitar - has been stripped of
RadiationTherapy
May 2015
#208
Here is the greatest example of the point and one of Frank's most exquisite works.
RadiationTherapy
May 2015
#210
I had hoped my anger over this outragous betrayal would have subsided somewhat by now.
99Forever
May 2015
#193