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SHRED

(28,136 posts) Wed Jun 10, 2015, 06:50 PM Jun 2015

What is the purpose of "fast track"? [View all]

In regards to TPP.
I've heard the word and know it speeds up the process with much less oversight but why does it exist?
What is the official purpose?

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What is the purpose of "fast track"? [View all] SHRED Jun 2015 OP

Speeding up the process with less oversight IS the purpose Scootaloo Jun 2015 #1

It avoids having the GOP hanging all sorts of amendments on it Buzz Clik Jun 2015 #2

fast track = obama gives his corporate buddies who wrote it all they want . sorry msongs Jun 2015 #4

Nope. hifiguy Jun 2015 #7

No one was doing that. Buzz Clik Jun 2015 #9

Yeah, instead it lets the corporations hang all sorts of amendments and wishlists IN IT. djean111 Jun 2015 #8

and it puts Orin Hatch and Paul Ryan in charge of trade negotiations Mnpaul Jun 2015 #17

So most Republicans supports fast track because it prevents them from adding amendments? DesMoinesDem Jun 2015 #18

It bypasses discussion. nt valerief Jun 2015 #3

It lets the tenth-percenters begin reducing the masses to a state of hifiguy Jun 2015 #5

What it does is make the agreement (in this case, the TPP) Dr Hobbitstein Jun 2015 #6

This thread is a lightning rod for the usual suspects. Buzz Clik Jun 2015 #10

Nearly fact free... Tons of hyperbole, though! Dr Hobbitstein Jun 2015 #11

Its the fastest way to pull the wool over the public's head before they can voice an opinion DJ13 Jun 2015 #12

The stated reason (excuse?) is that foreign negotiators won't engage Maedhros Jun 2015 #13

Isn't that the purpose of an open government? -none Jun 2015 #14

Well, open governments are such a BOTHER. Maedhros Jun 2015 #15

I know open government is a bother to those that like to pull the strings from behind the scenes -none Jun 2015 #19

Lets see if we can make this simple for the mentally challenged. Egnever Jun 2015 #16