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politics and politicians Title: House Approves Obamatrade’s TPA, Bill Must Go to Senate Next House Approves Obamatrade’s TPA, Bill Must Go to Senate Next Obamatrade is alive. One week after the House of Representatives overwhelmingly rejected Obamatrade by voting against a key provision of it — Trade Adjustment Assistance — GOP establishment lawmakers resuscitated Trade Promotion Authority and rammed it through Thursday afternoon. The final talley was 218-208. The House action is unusual. As Breitbart News reported: “To engage in the complicated procedural chicanery needed to revive the once-dead Obamatrade, bringing its Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) portion back to life, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)58% needed to gut a previous bill that has passed the House and Senate and then insert Obamatrade into it. It’s actually a very similar process to how Obamacare passed the House.” Obamatrade will face more hurdles, though. Because the Senate passed TAA and TPA together, the individual House version will now have to go back to the Senate for approval, where it may face a filibuster. It’s unclear how many senators would support TPA without TAA, a measure to aid workers who lose their jobs because of trade policy. The Senate isn’t expected to take up TPA until next week, but Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)52% has expressed confidence it can pass. Obamatrade is making for unusual partnerships in Washington. Barack Obama is working with McConnell and House Speaker Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)35% to pass a measure his own party largely rejects. Last week he traveled to Capitol Hill to lobby for his trade measures, but shortly before the House vote on TAA, Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)9% announced she opposes it. More than 300 representatives ended up voting down TAA, setting the stage for Thursday’s moves to bring TPA back to life.
Read More Stories About: Big Government Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Obamatrade is making for unusual partnerships in Washington. They're unusual partnerships only if you think that there's any difference between establishment Ds and establishment Rs. In the real world (vs. the talk radio, MSNBC and FOX NEWS world), they all answer to the same puppet masters - that's why we have Zero-care. And that's why this will get passed. Even if 100 percent of the people were against it.
#2. To: lana (#0) Boehner got Jordan and his block of conservatives to help vote it in on straight party lines. I wonder how many threats were made, how much lobbyist money changed hands. Will the Dims force the GOP to pass Obamatrade along party lines, just like the Dems passed Obamacare without GOP votes? It does seem at least a handful of Dems will support Obamatrade in both houses so probably they'll get away with hailing it as a great moment of bipartisan unity or some other daft nonsense.
#3. To: TooConservative (#2) "I wonder how many threats were made, how much lobbyist money changed hands." The TPA had already passed the House once, so getting it to pass a second time probably wasn't difficult. The key is that this time it was passed without TAA, a Democrat goodie-bag of union favors. Pelosi is probably fuming -- now she gets nothing.
#4. To: lana (#0) " GOP establishment lawmakers resuscitated Trade Promotion Authority and rammed it through Thursday afternoon. The final talley was 218-208. " Boy, good thing we voted in all those Republicans. Those that voted for this should be introduced to a tall tree, with a short rope! Si vis pacem, para bellum #5. To: TooConservative (#2) " I wonder how many threats were made, how much lobbyist money changed hands. " Most likely, quite a bit. What difference does it make to vote for the Republican's, they still vote against us. We can not threaten them, so we might as well vote third party, or stay home & not vote, and let the dem's kick their ass. One way or another, the Repukes have got to pay a price. F EM! Si vis pacem, para bellum #6. To: misterwhite (#3) Pelosi is probably fuming Oh please- you don't really believe that do you? How many times do the con artists, frauds, thieves and liars in DC have to play you like a violin before you start to understand?
Madame Pelosi needs to be drug tested. And so do you. It's funny that you spend a lot of time worrying about which plants people are smoking yet you believe the absolute bollocks that comes out of Washington DC over and over and over again. Maybe you should start (*re-start?) smoking pot, you'd be able to see through more bullsh*t. (*Note that MisterWhite refuses to answer the question of whether he ever smoked pot)
#7. To: TooConservative (#2) I wonder how many threats were made, how much lobbyist money changed hands. Some of the Pubbies in the House lost their jobs cause they voted against this crap the first time around. “Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.†#8. To: Rufus T Firefly (#1) The only thing surprising about this to me is it seems there are actually some people left who still think we are a two party nation. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) #9. To: TooConservative (#2) It does seem at least a handful of Dems will support Obamatrade in both houses so probably they'll get away with hailing it as a great moment of bipartisan unity or some other daft nonsense. There was also a lot of bi-partisan unity in Soviet Russia,Nazi Germany,Communist China,Castro's Cuba,etc,etc,etc. In at least one of those cases (The USSR) the law even required more than one candidate and party,and required everyone to vote. Oddly enough the CP candidate always won. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) #10. To: sneakypete (#9) In at least one of those cases (The USSR) the law even required more than one candidate and party,and required everyone to vote. Communists and Nazis did not allow a choice of parties. Like modern Islamists, they fundamentally opposed democracy but liked the window dressing of an election.
#11. To: TooConservative (#10) Communists and Nazis did not allow a choice of parties. Not sure about the Nazi's,but you are probably right. The Soviets pretended to have two parties,and always ran a candidate against the Soviet candidate. BUT.....,like Stalin used to say,"It doesn't matter who votes for who. What matters is who counts the votes.",and the CP candidate always got over 90 percent of the votes cast. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest |
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