Fast track authority + Bernie Sanders, what will it mean?

[Kip Humphrey]

So, I'm thinking...
Bernie Sanders has already been given fast-track privileges and advantages to getting all kinds of economic & trade authority agreements past the Congress. Expiry is: 6 years; 6 years of no-amendment, simple-majority, straight up/down votes on...

please discuss

[Half-Century Man]

1. I am unfamiliar with "Fast Track"

Does it strictly deal with commitments outside of the USA?
Is there language about undoing older trade treaties?

[w4rma]

2. It means that he can sack the TPP, NAFTA, and all of the 'free' trade agreements in favor of fair

trade, on a simple majority vote. The Republicans would try to oppose it, but they would get politically slaughtered by their own non-donor/voter base for it. I live for that fight.

[Kip Humphrey]

3. I've been told the language of fast-track was overly broad. Do you think Bernie could

use fast-track to, say, re-organize the FED by way of the overly broad fast-track provisions?

[w4rma]

4. Maybe? Gonna need a lawyer to read the fine print to figure that out.

But, regardless of the specifics, fast track would give Bernie the potential ability to completely change our trade system for the better. I expect that he could, definitely get a coalition of progressive Democrats and a small number of "true" conservative Republicans on board for *something*.

And, if those Republicans don't play ball, then we can slaughter them at the polls in the next cycle and play ball with new candidates.

These are tactics that a President Hillary would *never* commit to.