Anti-TPP Amendment Fails at Heated Dem Platform Meeting

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72. The important thing is what the TPP actually DOES rather than the considerations of the possible

"embarrassment" of any political figure. Only considering how it will effect the president as an individual just isn't a realistic way to look at important trade deals.

This isn't a football game where people are just rooting for a team in a game with no long term repercussions. This is America's future that is at stake. The lives of people around the globe will be affected by this trade deal. It should work for EVERYONE not just powerful corporations that will profit from it.

And the majority of House Democrats warned a long time ago that there were major concerns with the TPP process:

http://delauro.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1455:delauro-miller-lead-151-house-dems-telling-president-they-will-not-support-outdated-fast-track-for-trans-pacific-partnership&Itemid=21

The top Democrat on trade and many other Democrats are STILL openly opposed to the TPP in it's current form:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/02/18/top-house-democrat-on-trade-opposes-trans-pacific-partnership/

Everyone KNOWS the corporations wrote this for their benefit and profits. The American people have few avenues to try and stop this corporate written trade agreement from passing in the lame duck session. And if it does pass it will be by an overwhelming number for Republicans in congress rather than the Democrats.

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150605/11483831239/revealed-emails-show-how-industry-lobbyists-basically-wrote-tpp.shtml