The American Action Network, an independent advocacy organization with ties to House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), has announced a $900,000 campaign to push for passage of Trade Promotion Authority, a key component of President Obama’s trade agenda.
House Ways and Means chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) said on Fox News that he believes the Obamatrade process is more transparent than President Barack Obama’s negotiations with Iran—even though the text of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Pacific Rim trade deal that Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) would fast-track is currently being kept in secret in the basement of the U.S. Capitol and press and the public are not allowed to read it.
Members of the House and the Senate delivered 2 million petitions to Congress, opposing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Trade Promotion Authority (TPA).
In a Tuesday morning statement, WikiLeaks announced that it has launched a campaign to crowd fund a $100,000 reward for the missing chapters of “America’s most wanted secret,” the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Over the past two years, WikiLeaks has only been
From Politico: Vietnam slaps tariffs of 70 percent on U.S. cars and machinery, 35 percent on U.S. chemicals, 30 percent on U.S. biscuits and baked goods, and 25 percent on U.S. recording equipment. Japan marks up our oranges 16 percent
In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News, former U.S. Navy SEAL Commander Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT) confirmed that he was against TPA—and questions, given Obama’s controversial Iranian and Cuban negotiations, why any Republican who believes in a strong national defense would allow him more authority to negotiate with foreign leaders.
MSNBC’s “Ed Show” host Ed Schultz criticized Hillary Clinton’s lack of a position on trade on Thursday. Schultz said, “Now, Hillary’s position on trade, I think, is anything but clear. She’s outlined what she wants in a deal, she’s outlined
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said that it was “conceivable” the AFL-CIO might not endorse Hillary Clinton and warned her of the consequences of taking the wrong position on trade in an interview with USA Today’s “Capital Download” released on Thursday. Trumka said (relevant remarks
Tuesday on Newsmax TV’s “The Steve Malzberg Show,” political analyst and author Dick Morris said President Barack Obama’s Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) secret trade deal, which it’s passage is being helped through the U.S. Senate by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Talk radio host Rush Limbaugh argued that “odds are the United States is gonna take it in the shorts” on TPA and TPP on Friday. Rush, after agreeing with a caller that there is a large deal hypocrisy on the
From the Huffington Post: WASHINGTON — A revealing conversation on the Senate floor Thursday showed precisely how secretive President Barack Obama’s pending trade deals are, and the absurdity of arguments to the contrary. Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Elizabeth Warren
Representative Dave Brat (R-VA) argued that immigration provisions could be added to TPP and there’s “a high hurdle if President Obama puts anything in there that we don’t like” at a panel discussion on Friday. Regarding whether immigration is in TPP,
CNN Chief Political Analyst Gloria Borger argued Hillary Clinton is “clearly” “backing away” from her previous position on trade on Friday’s “Wolf” on CNN. At a campaign stop in New Hampshire, Hillary said, “You know, I have said repeatedly that I
With the Senate poised to vote to end debate on Obama’s fast-track trade legislation, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) is continuing his assault on the effort. Wednesday, Sessions took on arguments for the trade deal with a series of what he office says
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) cited a quotation from Hillary Clinton in a speech on the Senate floor against one of the provisions in TPP that she was seeking to block with an amendment on Tuesday. Warren, arguing in favor of an
On Monday’s broadcast of Fox Business Network’s “Lou Dobbs Tonight,” Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) discussed the push for granting President Barack Obama fast-track trade authority and in particular the so-called Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement. In that appearance, Sessions told Dobbs
On this weekend’s broadcast of “The McLaughlin Group,” conservative commentator Pat Buchanan sounded off on the looming Trans-Pacific Partnership legislative battle and explained that this trade deal isn’t a benefit to the American people as much as it is one
On this weekend’s broadcast of “The McLaughlin Group,” U.S. News and World Report editor Mort Zuckerman warned of the consequences of passing the so-called Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement. Zuckerman acknowledged it would bring lower cost good to U.S. markets, but
In this week’s Republican video address, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) touted the importance of passing the so-called Trans-Pacific Partnership and attack his Democratic colleagues for not supporting the legislation, which has the backing of Republicans and President Barack Obama. Transcript as
The exchange of favors is unseemly, because the president essentially validated Nike’s highly criticized and dubious corporate outsourcing model, and for a mere pittance.
“Republicans in Congress need to slam the brakes on ObamaTrade because the last thing this Administration fast-tracked was ObamaCare, and they simply cannot be trusted to negotiate any international trade deal that puts American workers first,” Mike Huckabee says.
The president of the liberal National Organization for Women says President Obama’s recent comments about Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s opposition to his administration’s trade deal were sexist.
Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) stated that President Obama’s criticisms of Senator Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) trade position were “disrespectful” and “perhaps” sexist on Tuesday. Brown said, “I think the president was disrespectful to her, by the way he did that.” And
The trade effort has put Republican leadership in an unusual position, supporting an Obama agenda item as members of the President’s own party push against it — witness Obama’s recent public sparring with fast-track opponent Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).
By now, it is beyond cliché to point out the many ways in which President Barack Obama abandons his former positions when they become politically inconvenient. His reversal on free trade, however, stands out because it is the one reversal that faces significant opposition from within his own party, and specifically from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). Recently Obama said that “Elizabeth is a politician just like everybody else.” That would, presumably, include Obama himself.
