Carly Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO and 2016 Republican presidential candidate, is calling on President Barack Obama to publicly release the text of Obamatrade immediately.
Two members of House GOP leadership—Majority Whip Steve Scalise and Rules Committee chairman Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX)—refused to admit through spokespersons to Breitbart News whether they have read the text of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Pacific Rim trade deal, but they still support granting President Barack Obama the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) to fast track it.
Americans aren’t being allowed to see what’s in ObamaTrade. In fact, the agreements that lawmakers are supposed to vote on next week are so secret that lawmakers aren’t even allowed to keep any notes they make about what the deals contain.
J.D. Winteregg, the conservative primary challenger to House Speaker John Boehner, is slamming Boehner for not being transparent when it comes to Obamatrade.
President Obama, in his push to pass the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), said it would keep China from controlling the region – encouraging the Senate to pass the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) last month, which allows him to fast-track negotiations and finalize the TPP.
Now Obama is saying China could join the agreement, according to Politico.
Only two GOP presidential candidates currently in the U.S. Senate publicly admit to have read the Obamatrade agreement prior to voting on it: Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Rand Paul (R-KY).
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.
Sunday on ABC’s “This Week With George Stephanopoulos,” recently announced Democratic candidate for president and former governor of Maryland Martin O’Malley said President Barack Obama’s Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal is a “race to the bottom for the cheapest labor in the
House Ways and Means Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) blasted out a press release on Thursday proclaiming that a majority of Americans support Obamatrade. To back up his point, he cites a new Pew Research Center survey released this week.
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)
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,
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) says passing a pending trade agreement would be “a continuation of failed trade policy” that has resulted in the loss of tens of thousands of manufacture facilities and American jobs. He added that corporations have had to shut down in America and move to China and Mexico – losing thousands of jobs here in the United States.
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
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said to Congress, “The American people don’t trust you” on Obamatrade deal.
Thursday on the senate floor, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) introduced a bill that would give the public 60 days to review the details of President Obama’s Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal before Congress votes. Partial transcript as follows: “In the past few
The news of an organized—and fairly impressive—House Republican backstop against Obamatrade comes as U.S. Senate Republicans are rushing the TPA fast-track through their chamber of Congress as fast they can.
The 39 California Democrat members of the House of Representatives almost unanimously oppose Barack Obama’s request for fast-track trade promotion authority, which would expedite his desire to pass the 12-nation Asian trade deal called the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the Sacramento Bee reports.
An embattled Republican, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, joined an embattled Democrat, ABC This Week host George Stephanopoulos, in a rare showing of bipartisan support for the Hillary Clinton-backed Obamatrade deal on Sunday morning.
Wednesday on PBS “NewsHour,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) urged President Barack Obama to make his Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal public and said that President George W. Bush made the details of his trade negotiations public. “What worries me here is about
Rep. Paul Ryan went on in his CNBC interview to push even harder for Obamatrade, arguing that America’s “credibility is at stake.”
Secrets not revealed: Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)—an opponent of the secretive Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) that would fast-track the Pacific Rim trade deal Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)—went inside the secret room inside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday morning to read the TPP text. He wasn’t allowed to discuss the details of the pact, however.
Mike Huckabee, a 2016 GOP presidential candidate, says Republicans should leave President Barack Obama’s trade agenda dead rather than hurting American workers with a big secret trade deal none of them have read.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has joined the chorus of Republican presidential candidates and members of Congress opposed to granting President Barack Obama’s request for Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) which would fast-track the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Pacific Rim trade deal.
