Posted on 06/23/2015 4:29:02 AM PDT by Leto
As a general matter, I agree (as did Ronald Reagan) that free trade is good for America; when we open up foreign markets, it helps American farmers, ranchers, and manufacturers. But TPA in this Congress has become enmeshed in corrupt Washington backroom deal-making, along with serious concerns that it would open up the potential for sweeping changes in our laws that trade agreements typically do not include. Since the Senate first voted on TPA, there have been two material changes. First, WikiLeaks subsequently revealed new troubling information regarding the Trade in Services Agreement, or TiSA, one of the trade deals being negotiated by Obama. Despite the administration’s public assurances that it was not negotiating on immigration, several chapters of the TiSA draft posted online explicitly contained potential changes in federal immigration law. TPA would cover TiSA, and therefore these changes would presumably be subject to be fast-track. When TPA last came up for a vote, both Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)80% and I introduced amendments that would have barred fast-track treatment for any trade agreement that attempted to impact immigration law. Two other Republican senators objected, and we were both denied votes on our amendments. Instead, the House inserted substantially weaker language in related legislation.
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Yes, yes he was.
I’m glad he came out against it the second time around. But a lot of what he cites was already out there before the first vote, and like others he had the ability to see all that and the “secret” draft copies of the actual trade bills.
Sessions came to a very different conclusion, Cruz came around to it. Whether he did so because he didn’t read the material ahead of the original vote or because he saw his Conservative support starting to waver we won’t know. While this won’t be a factor (now) in any decision I make to vote for him, I can’t deny that this hasn’t diminished him.
It will be interesting to see how many democrats vote yes.
The Senate version of TPA failed in the House. The House then passed it’s own version, which is now back in the Senate for a vote.
It needs to be filibustered. At least until the simple majority vote rule for final passage of trade agreements. is stripped out.
No, he’s trying to save face at this point. That’s okay with me. Voting for it the first time put our country in mortal danger but maybe we got lucky.
I am waiting for an apology from some of those who blasted me for being against this legislation. I am glad Cruz has seen the light.
No, he did a LOT more than simply let it run its course. He co-authored that awful WSJ Op-Ed with Paul Ryan defending TPA, put out canned talking points trying to rebut Sessions, and then had his staff out in force on his Facebook page and the various Conservative forums (including FR) trying to sell the snake oil.
Before that Op-Ed, I was ready and willing to work for and donate to Cruz's campaign.
Now, he's just another GOP shill to me.
is ghostery a browser? I’m using pale moon right now and it definitely bogs on scripts.
“”Breitbart still making anybody’s computers to crash? Mine does.””
I won’t even go there anymore and I know others who feel the same way...
But he DID vote for TPA the first time around.
Which time?
Dang straight!!!!
You nailed it.
Yrah, he was for it before he was against it.
I’m glad he came out against it the second time around. But a lot of what he cites was already out there before the first vote, and like others he had the ability to see all that and the “secret” draft copies of the actual trade bills.
TiSA and TTIP have always been 100% secret. Nobody in Congress knows what the heck is in them. Fast tracking them is 100% NUTS. Really, a vote against this current TSA should never have been a difficult decision.
Now, he’s just another GOP shill to me.
Ghostery is awesome! On FR it stops Google Analytics, but on a lot of that stuff on other sites, there can be 20 things stopped in their tracks. I have GOT to get this put on my wife’s machine.
This changes everything. When surfing the web, my computer is now as fast as it was a few years ago!
Thanks!
Read up!
Bttt
PING!
No, he did a LOT more than simply let it run its course. He co-authored that awful WSJ Op-Ed with Paul Ryan defending TPA, put out canned talking points trying to rebut Sessions, and then had his staff out in force on his Facebook page and the various Conservative forums (including FR) trying to sell the snake oil.
Before that Op-Ed, I was ready and willing to work for and donate to Cruz’s campaign.
Now, he’s just another GOP shill to me.
Quoted for truth as the young whippersnappers say.
I could still see myself voting for Cruz over Hildebeast but any illusion I had that he is a transformational figure is gone.
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