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HomerRamone

(1,112 posts) Fri Jun 19, 2015, 10:25 PM Jun 2015

Senate Fast-Track Vote Tuesday - What We Must Do Now

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/31468-senate-fast-track-vote-tuesday-what-we-must-do-now

Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell, for example, has said she cannot support fast track without an accompanying trade adjustment bill. Cantwell also voted for fast track earlier based on a promise that the Senate would vote on reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank. This promise was broken – there has been no such vote. So it is possible that Cantwell and others will see that previous promises were broken, and any trade adjustment promises likely will be broken as well due to Republican opposition.

However, Sens. Dianne Feinstein of California and Bill Nelson of Florida have said they will support fast track whether or not it contains trade adjustment measures to help the workers that will be laid as a result of TPP.

President Obama has reversed his earlier pledge to veto a fast-track trade promotion bill that does not include trade adjustment assistance. He now says he will sign this bill without the assistance...

There is not much time before the rushed Senate vote occurs – likely as early as June 22.

You must call your two senators June 19 and June 22, and let them know you oppose fast-tracking the secret Trans-Pacific Partnership. TPP is secret from the public (if the public knew what was in it TPP would never even get a vote). But senators can read it under several restrictions. Try to get them on record whether they have actually gone to the “secret room” and read TPP or not.

Ask your senators to uphold the filibuster of fast track.