by Dave Johnson | May 14, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
[fve]https://youtu.be/-Lzb7PmYdv4[/fve] Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden and between 10 and 14 "corporate Democrats" in the Senate on Wednesday reached a deal to push "fast track" trade promotion authority through the Senate, essentially preapproving the Trans-Pacific Alliance...
by Dave Johnson | May 13, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
What happened in the Senate Tuesday shows why the corporations are fighting so hard to get the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). A legislative body jumped in and interfered with corporate plans. The nerve of those people! Try to see it from the point of view of the...
by Dave Johnson | May 12, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Democrats in the U.S. Senate were able to successfully block the trade promotion authority "fast track" bill using a filibuster today. This is a very big setback for the pro-Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) forces, but is not a final defeat. The final vote was 52-45,...
by Dave Johnson | May 12, 2015 | Blog
As the Senate begins consideration today of the "fast track" trade promotion authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, President Obama says that Sen. Elizabeth Warren is expressing concerns because she is "a politician." The president's statement demeaning what...
by Dave Johnson | May 8, 2015 | Blog
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has scheduled the voting process for trade promotion authority, commonly known as "fast track," to begin as early as Tuesday. If passed, fast track prohibits the Congress from amending trade agreements no matter what problems...
