Paul Ryan pushes full speed ahead on TPP

[n2doc]

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is putting his muscle into reaching a deal on trade with President Obama.

The new chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee is speaking about the trade agenda on an almost daily basis, and sending the signal that the White House and congressional Republicans can reach an agreement to approve fast-track negotiating authority, which would speed the consideration of two pending trade deals.

“Completing these trade deals is my No. 1 priority,” Ryan said Thursday at a Washington International Trade Association event in Washington.
Along with Rep. Pat Tiberi (R-Ohio), the chairman of the subcommittee on Trade Chairman Pat Tiberi (R-Ohio), Ryan plans to hold dozens of meetings with members of his own party to build support for the agenda.

While Democrats are more divided on fast-track — and Ryan has argued that Obama must deliver support from his own party — the Ways and Means chairman is also focused on producing Republican votes.


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http://thehill.com/policy/finance/232020-ryan-launches-trade-agenda

[RiverLover]

1. He is a sick man.

Thanks for posting!

[djean111]

2. "Obama must deliver support from his own party" - is Ryan actually in charge of this awful thing?

Again - Obama and the worst of the GOP are for this, and Dems are against it. Ponder on that!

[Octafish]

3. ''I pledge allegiance to the logos of the United Corporations of America...''

Critics of the highly-secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations responded with outrage after U.S. President Barack Obama charged they have a "lack of knowledge of what is going on in the negotiations" and dismissed their concerns as "conspiracy theories."

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/05/02-5

[n2doc]

4. And the flag for which it stands...

[Oilwellian]

5. Let's hope there are a lot of republicans against giving Fast Track

Definitely call you Congressmen and Senators, Democrat and Republican, and ask them to vote no on Fast Tracking this hideous Bill through. The idea of Obama and Ryan teaming up to "whip" the Congress just as he did with Jamie Dimon, makes my skin crawl. This year it's TPP, next year they can expect a "whipping" for Chained CPI.

[99Forever]

6. Paul Ryan and Barack Obama hard pushing the same anti-worker, pro multinational corporation scam.

Speaks volumes, doesn't it?




Please tell me again why I should remain a Democrat.

[n2doc]

7. What's your alternative? n/t

[99Forever]

8. That's a non-answer, answer.

There are alternatives, just because it's forbidden to speak of them here, doesn't mean they don't exist.

[n2doc]

9. Sure you can speak of them.Socialists, Green Party, Libertarians, etc, etc.

1. Unless you live in Vermont, forget about a viable 3rd party candidate
2. Many of these third parties have goals and ideals in opposition to the traditional goals of the Democratic Party.

People will hopefully have the choice in 2016 of supporting Bernie Sanders. We shall see if the People actually like his message.

[99Forever]

10. As long as people buy into the tired meme...

... that 3rd party candidates "can't win," it is a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Tell Jesse Ventura it's impossible to win as a 3rd party candidate.

And quite frankly, voting my true beliefs, ethics, and conscience, is far more important to me than being on the "winning blue or red team."

[n2doc]

11. And that is your right n/t

[Oilwellian]

13. Third Way is a third party...that's why they call themselves Third Way

They just happen to control the Democratic party, and are more than willing to pass this corporate wet-dream of a Bill with the Republicans help.

[Populist_Prole]

12. Pretty sad isn't it?

Funny how the GOP was the party of "no" and obstruction, unabashed favoring of capital over labor.... but on this one issue they agree with the president. That should be reason enough to torpedo the TPP turd where it floats.

[pa28]

14. Here comes bipartisanship. Completing these trade deals is also Obama's #1 priority.

It's also the number one priority of the US chamber of commerce and 600 transnational corporations who are crafting it in secret.

They all say it's in the public interest and Paul Ryan would NEVER lie.