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To: Hostage

‘Cause you said so?

How informative.

Perhaps you would like to elaborate in more than four words.


12 posted on 06/12/2015 12:49:51 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Live off the fat of anyone who is stupid enough to work. It's the American Way.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

As I understand it, the senate is and has been precluded form adding amendments to such deals negotiated between the president and other world leaders, because, basically, if a deal is negotiated and agreed to by two leaders, and then congress comes along and adds other things to it, it will become some other than what was agreed to.

I don’t see anything particularly wrong with that concept.

I would prefer that Obama not be empowered, or be entrusted with any further power, but I am also not opposed to Ted Cruz or others voting in favor of free trade in a bill that is not classified or secret.

I would rather they wait until Obama is not president. That is my preference. But if they want to do it now, I would not hold it against those who support it.

I do not support any sort of secret legislation, however.

And if anyone was to vote for a bill at anytime that the public was never allowed to read, such as what happened with Obamacare, then I would not be able to support that person.

It is my understanding that TPP would become declassified and the text made available for viewing for 60 days prior to any vote occurring on it.


36 posted on 06/12/2015 1:11:59 PM PDT by chris37 (Heartless)
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