FASTTRACK -- isn't this just another word for DEADBEAT?!?!

[magical thyme]

Just voting themselves fancy rubberstamps to they don't have to bother with actually reading the legislation they sign or deal with their pesky victi..er, outraged constituents.

[djean111]

1. You got it! Absolutely correct!

[woo me with science]

2. K&R

[FiveGoodMen]

3. Indeed. I don't think it should be legal.

[aspirant]

4. Deadbeat Dads,

Deadbeat Reps has a certain ring to it.

[octoberlib]

5. It's another word for 'What we're proposing is so unpopular with

the American people that the only way to get it passed is to ram it through without debate." It's undemocratic.

[Bluenorthwest]

6. In general, Fast Track is something Presidents want and Congress does not want to give....

That was certainly the case with NAFTA, George Bush negotiated that puppy for years, signed it and sought fast track approval which was denied to him. This is how NAFTA came to Clinton, who should have axed but but did at least modify it in some favorable ways prior to pushing approval through Congress.
I hope to see the Congress refuse Obama the same gift they refused Bush. Fast Track is a single up or down vote with 30 days to study the legislation. It's a bad idea and Congress is usually hesitant to allow it, because it does not insulate them from responsibility nor accountability in the eyes of constituents while preventing them from any amendment of modification of the proposed agreement.