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Posted on 06/12/2015 12:41:58 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
Texas Senator and GOP presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) argued Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) “is not giving the president more authority” and that Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) is “not accurate” in some of his claims regarding the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on Friday’s broadcast of “The Kuhner Report” on Boston’s WRKO.
Cruz argued that he had been the staunchest opponent of President Barack Obama in Congress. He then separated TPA (Trade Promotion Authority) and the TPP (the Trans-Pacific Partnership). He touched on TPA first, stating that “history has demonstrated, the only way to get a trade agreement adopted is with fast-track. Since FDR, consistently, for 80 years, presidents in both parties have had fast-track. Anytime fast-track has lapsed, trade agreements don’t get negotiated.” He later added that it was a “misunderstanding” to say TPA gave away the Senate’s treaty power. Cruz stated that “Under the Constitution, there are two ways to make binding law. Number one, you can pass a treaty ratified by 2/3ds of the Senate. Or number two, you can pass legislation passed by a majority of both of houses of Congress and signed by the president. … TPA uses the second constitutional path.” And “it’s been long recognized that the Constitution’s Origination Clause applies to trade bills, which means the House of Representatives has to be involved. There’s a reason why trade bills have historically not been done as treaties, because the Constitution says that anything concerning the raising of revenues, and trade bills concern tariffs, which are the raising of revenues, has to originate in the House of Representatives. So, the process of approving a trade agreement through both houses of Congress has been the way it has been done for roughly a century. And it is not giving the president more authority.”
Regarding TPP, Cruz said
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Ted Cruz Ping! I wonder why Marco Rubio gets a pass on this.
we need jeff sessions for prez...does anyone think we can get him?
That's stepping around the real issue.
Of course the Senate still has to approve any Treaty.
The problem is, TPA deals away in advance the Senate's right to offer Amendments.
0bama WILL sell out America to the maximum amount allowed by the bare majority of Senators necessary to pass his Treaty. Simply, TPA gives 0bama the power to craft the most harmful Treaty he can get away with.
That's a tactical error, at least.
I would back Sessions before boner.....
OBTW - I’m a fully paid up Cruz supporter. I’m still on Team Cruz. I’m just not going to pretend that giving 0bama any inch is a good idea. Ever.
I’m surprised Cruz is doubling down on this and even confronting his usually close ally Jeff Sessions who has far more experience in the Senate. I’m sure Cruz heard plenty from his base so he knows the vast majority of us are not sold on his stand on either TPA or TPP.
Makes sense to me. I hate the administration and GOPe but this may be much ado about nothing in the end.
You’re wrong on that.
His presence in the senate is very important. The void he would leave in the senate would be harder to fill.
‘Cause you said so?
How informative.
Perhaps you would like to elaborate in more than four words.
Cruz is missing the point. Why give Obama any ability to bypass Congress? He’s shown repeatedly he can’t be trusted. I would rather see our trade agreements stagnate for the rest of his time in office than to see him sell the US out again.
Very confused here. If obozo the assclown is for something then I’m against it. And if nazi pelosi is against something them I’m for it.
Why is TPP or TPA necessary in the first place. Don’t we have enough crappy trade rules and regs going on?
Its a non issue that someone is using to manipulate conservatives.
Again I ask, why is Rubio getting a pass on this?
Ted Cruz is simply educating to the truth. He is not doubling down on anything.
Ted is going to say Jesus Christ rose from the dead.
Others will say Jesus is a fraud.
And Ted will say again Jesus rose from the dead.
He’s not doubling down on anything. He’s simply repeating the truth.
because the Constitution says that anything concerning the raising of revenues, and trade bills concern tariffs, which are the raising of revenues, has to originate in the House of Representatives”
ABSOLUTELY NOT SO Mr Cruz, see Obamacare.
Love ya Ted but you are either wrong on that statement or silent on the biggest boondoggle to ever pass a Congress.
Jeff Sessions has done well for us in Alabama but he is about the worst public speaker in the Senate. He speaks the truth which is paramount but his speaking dynamics are not competitive. He could be brilliant in a debate but never generate an ounce of charisma.
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