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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnyone remember the TPP? Terrorism is certainly helping to bury discussion about it
So much for a public discourse about it till it gets put up for a vote in congress (within a little over 2 months), and signed by Obama if it passes congress...
Joe Turner
(930 posts)Yes, the political powers that be are whisking this one right below the radar until D-Day.
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)exact purpose.
However, I also read somewhere recently that it might be in trouble at least for the moment. A lot of Congress very unwilling to give Obama a victory. If so, it will be the only worthwhile thing the teapartiers have done in their lives...
SadWingsOfDestiny
(21 posts)Signed, sealed, and delivered with a touch of phony angst for the cameras.
A few democratic politicians will become temporary "concern trolls" but that is simply theatre for public consumption. At least that is what I have read here on DU. I personally believe this to be true as well.
AZ Progressive
(3,411 posts)nullified in one fell swoop by a trade deal?
GoneFishin
(5,217 posts)Funny how all hell broke loose right inside that crucial 60 day window.