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House Kills Fast-Track Of Obamatrade After Pelosi-Led Democrat Rebellion
And just like that, President Obama's fast track of his "great job creation" bill is defeated in a 126-302 procedural vote which stumbled over what is known as the Trade Adjustment Assistance.
Following Pelosi's comments that "its defeat is the only way we will be able to slow down fast track," and "people would rather have a job than assistance", the defeat of a measure to provide aid to workers displaced by trade deals means the fast-tracking of the TPP is done (for now).
- *HOUSE HAS ENOUGH VOTES TO DEFEAT TRADE BILL
And with a whopping 302 votes against, House democrats just stunned the democrat president by ending the "fast-track" of the TPP and forcing it back to the drawing room table. As the NYT puts it:
House Democrats rebuffed a dramatic personal appeal from President Obama on Friday, torpedoing his ambitious push to expand his trade negotiating power — and, quite likely, his chance to secure a legacy-defining trade accord spanning the Pacific Ocean.
Of course this can all go back for another markup and another amendment but for now. TPP needs the passage of the TAA to send the bill back to Obama for his signature, which means we are back to square one.
In a remarkable rejection of a president they have resolutely backed, House Democrats voted to kill assistance to workers displaced by global trade, a program their party created and has stood by for four decades. By doing so, they brought down legislation granting the president trade promotion authority — the power to negotiate trade deals that cannot be amended or filibustered by Congress — before it could even come to a final vote.
“We want a better deal for America’s workers,” said Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, the House minority leader who has guided the president’s agenda for two terms and was personally lobbied by Mr. Obama until the last minute.
Republican leaders tried to muster support from their own party for trade adjustment assistance, a program they have long derided as an ineffective waste of money and sop to organized labor. But not enough Republicans were willing to save the program.
Republican leaders could still try to pass a stand-alone trade promotion bill, but that would force the Senate to take up a trade bill all over again. And without trade adjustment assistance alongside it, passing trade promotion authority in the Senate would be highly doubtful.
The vote was an extraordinary blow to Mr. Obama, who went to the Capitol on Friday morning to plead personally with Democrats to “play it straight” — to oppose trade promotion if they must but not to kill trade assistance, a move he cast as cynical. On Thursday night, he had made an unscheduled trip to the annual congressional baseball game to try to persuade Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, the minority leader.
And, as expected, shortly after the failure to pass TAA the House passed the TPA...
- U.S. HOUSE VOTES FOR OBAMA'S FAST-TRACK TRADE NEGOTIATING BILL
... But it did not matter because:
- VOTE IS SYMBOLIC; TRADE BILL CAN'T GO TO OBAMA
Did the US public finally give big corporations, who have successfully purchased the US president long ago, the middle finger?
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what racist!! how dare they criticize dear leader!! false flag time?
What a Fucking Joke!
Way PAST time to start Hanging Fuckers!!!
Well at least a little bit of sanity emerges. How long till Boehner gets charges brought up for something he has done for not getting the Republicans in line? Lidsay Gram outed for being an Homosexual for not doing his job? Tick tock Tick tock.
Listening to Rush, it seems that TPA passed by 2 votes. Developing.
Democrats are clearly racist POS.
President Oblama is the most honest, upstanding, transparent, constitution-respecting, decent President of all time, and genuinely cares about the plight of ordinary Americans and is trying to help the middle class.
HA HA HAAA HAAAA HAAAAAA HAHAHAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!
(Big Pharma will get this bill passed, ultimately. Thanks Obama & corrupt CONgress)
He's got a great golf swing too. Ernie Els called and asked him how he could help him swing smoother.
pods
Barry's PTT failure means a few million Merikan jobs are safe ... for now.
ObamaTrade must be REALLY BAD for the democrats to burn Obama. Then again, he is the worst POS, with the possible exception of Baby Bush, to ever occupy the WH>
Now I'm really torn. Pelosi's against something and I'm agreeing with her? What to do, what to do.
"its defeat is the only way we will be able to slow down fast track"
You have to admit, she's still got a way with words. A way that would confuse and scare most 3rd graders. But in Congress that's called "deep insight".
Where can we find how the slime balls voted?
What the fuck. Nancy Pelosi is the hero? I'm so fucking confused!
No doubt Funny Money (and No Debt)...I think my head is about to explode. I think more bourbon is in order...
Oybamas Post-Prez Speaking Fee Just Went Down From $650K To $550K ...
AFL-CIO was against this. I bet some congresscritters were worried about future campaign financing.
http://www.aflcio.org/Issues/Trade/Trans-Pacific-Partnership-Free-Trade-...
And we all know it doesn't cost that much to buy a congress critter.
https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000088
Nothing an Executive Order can't "fix"
Whyd Pelosi do that? Is she running against Hilary?
actual DRUDGE top-of-page banner headline a/o Fri 6/12 415pm est ... "Pelosi takes brave stand for America" .... has Drudge been bought out by The Onion or what ?!
It's a side-effect of Botox toxicity i read somewhere ... paralyzes not only your face muscles but specific areas of the amygdala .. you begin to go mad, not think straight.
It's true...all scientifically prven stuff from Stanta Tomas School of VooDoo Medicine in the Caribbean. It's similar to the crab-eating spider insect venom.
manchurian lame duck.
Come on folks it's not that hard. The Dims who haven't gone all in are starting to realize the Obongo legacy is going to smell like ripe limburger. It's called "saving face". In other words, they are starting to fear the repercussions from their constituents.
"Did the US public finally give big corporations, who have successfully purchased the US president long ago, the middle finger?"
Keep in mind they also bought the leadership and the Senate, but the House is a bit more domestic-centric because they are up every two years.
Whatever is going on, it shows that there is a pulse in the Republic, and to that we say CHEERS!!
Agree on that socre .. the only republican hero in this entire debacle is Sen. Jeff Sessions of Ala... who every day has been speaking to the press or sending out alerts on what a POS TPP or TPA is ... in this interview he referred to TPP as a religion .. a cult .... I keeep thinkin gof CARGO cult in the case of TPP it would apply .. Sessions went against the party hackes on this but he often does .. only republican I would vote for president... The implications of this new Pacific Union are extraordinary and ought to be discussed in full, in public, before Congress even contemplates fast-tracking its creation and pre-surrendering its power to apply the constitutional two-thirds treaty vote. In effect, to adopt fast-track is to agree to remove the constitutional protections against the creation of global governance structures before those structures are even made public.
Senator Sessions Reads Obama’s TPP Bill & Exposes Its Disastrous Contents: The Paper Hanging Destruction Of Middle Class America!HAHA, you fools... this only means the cheap-ass lobbyists have been too lean on the loot to the demorats. This will get shoved through one way or another. There's too much globalist filth pushing it. Keep clinging to your delusional aspirations for CONgress... How many of you are still waiting for the repeal of the federal reserve act? Fucking pathetic... this whole society makes me want to vomit. No BS, I sometimes get physically ill thinking about the shear number of fucking retarded slaves out there. It's enough to say fuck it and join the dark side.
"Did the US public finally give big corporations, who have successfully purchased the US president long ago, the middle finger?"
Of course not, who listens to those worthless fucks? Some "one" (cough, Merk, cough, Pfizer, cough Glaxo) didn't offer enough 'campaign donations'. Election year is coming up, don'tcha know?
I'm a Republican who was pissed about Obamacare being passed by Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid without the rest of the world knowing what was in it. I felt the same way about the trade package - before you vote yes tell us what's in it. Hard to believe Pelosi is the one who shot it down. I also think McConnell and Boehner are about the dumbest turds in office. The Rebubs had been doing pretty well; these two assclowns just set the conservative cause back immeasurably...maybe becasue they are establishment Repugs and they are maybe the worst of all politicians becuase they claim to stand for something and yet they don't. Fuck those guys and Nancy, as much as I don't like you, thank you.
No shit. This is just too bizarre for words. When Pelosi gets credit for shooting down something like this, all bets are off.
Well, except that Boehner, McConnell, and new out of the closet Dhimmicrat Paul Ryan are just (well, maybe) one notch up from crack hoe's. If it were not for the real heros like Jeff Sessions, I'd be completely postal. I know my Dad, a WWII vet who was a tailgunner then a Seabee, would be shooting the bastards by now.
Obama is corrupted by power and going full steam toward his original agenda. Dems see him as poisoning their party and are putting him on the sidelines before he does much more damage. He knows he will soon rejoin his clan and he must save face to fit in. He will not be accepted by the elite class after his term. He will fit in to the elite sports class.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
AFL-CIO was against this. I bet some congresscritters were worried about future campaign financing.
So AFL-CIO is a good thing..?
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/114-2015/h361
There's still some good things about having a dem president too.
Clear fiction once again. Pathetic how obvious it all is now.
Jacko/Pelosi and her band of bought-off pedophiles get to look like they're taking a stand, to be folded later. After all, she didn't get her ill-gotten wealth by not selling out the peasantry.
Boner gets to look like a tool again and solidfy the view his band of pedophiles are corporate rich-guy hacks.
It will pass next time around with fanfare.
It will pass next time around with fanfare.
Fast track is DOA until next congress, that seems to be the only obvious thing.
Something in the water in us&a poltics these days though. Ever since snowden lifted the skirt political establishment seems to be spinning with increase chaos. obama and republican leaders remain in lock step but within his own party obama is seen by politicians (rightfully) as... a neocon? Big threat repubs see is their own semi-libertarian rand paul? They're going after rand paul with more ferocity than any dem.
Seems like the whole facade is slowly collapsing.
The 'secret' provisions stuffed in by Republicans (an amendment to fast track, actually) prohibit any Israeli Boycott-Divest-Sanction actions in the U.S. and calls for the U.S. to economically punish any countries that do employ anything construed as BDS towards Israel.
I'm honestly perplexed why they didn't railroad this through. Is Pelosi off her meds? She's a poster-child Israeli-firster. We all knew that FIFA was finished when they were getting ready to toss out Israel. I expect the DOJ will be shutting down the House any minute now for some massive corruption investigation.
House of the U.S. Congress... FIFA... Should have known your masters, boys! Bibi don't play 'dat.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/644/text#toc-H26...
check sec 914.
one choice bit:
(8) supports States of the United States examining a company’s promotion or compliance with unsanctioned boycotts, divestment from, or sanctions against Israel as part of its consideration in awarding grants and contracts and supports the divestment of State assets from companies that support or promote actions to boycott, divest from, or sanction Israel.
Here's the vote:
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/114-2015/h363
South Carolina just passed legislation prohibiting doing business with any company supporting the Israeli BDS movement. So any company that opposes Israeli's slaughter of Palestinian children better shut the hell up if they're doing business with South Carolina.
Fuck free speech U.S. citizen - don't say or do anything Israel doesn't like or you will suffer. It's the AIPAC LAW.
And guess what . . . fucking Joe Wilson voted 'aye' for the trade tyranny du jour.
But he's like 300th on The List. Pelosi only got $40K in bribes - no wonder she was so pissed.
Rand Paul & TPP:
Speaking at the Center for the National Interest dinner in New York City on October 23, Senator Paul said:
Our national power is a function of the national economy. During the Reagan renaissance, our strength in the world reflected our successful economy.
Low growth, high unemployment, and big deficits have undercut our influence in the world. Americans have suffered real consequences from a weak economy.
President George W. Bush understood that part of the projection of American power is the exporting of American goods and culture. His administration successfully brokered fourteen new free trade agreements and negotiated three others that are the only new free trade agreements approved since President Obama took office. Instead of just talking about a so-called “pivot to Asia,” the Obama administration should prioritize negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership by year’s end.
Rand Paul to Obama: "Prioritize" Passage of Trans-Pacific Partnershiphttp://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/19439-rand-paul-to-ob...
Would you people please stop putting Snowden on a fucking pedestal. Nothing has been done since his 'revelations'. No bills overturned. No laws passed. No budgets cut. You make yourself look like a fool every time you tout his name.... oh wait you dragged Rand Paul out like some white knight.... 'big threat'....like he has a spine of his own to stand with. Why the up arrows?
Nothing has been done since his 'revelations'. No bills overturned. No laws passed.
Snowden supplied the info, what is done about it is up to everyone else. Even snowdens critics acknowledge he was the sole reason the patriot act was being discussed as it was (quite obviously). Some reform has come of his revelations not just in the us but worldwide.
Rand Paul out like some white knight.... 'big threat'....like he has a spine of his own to stand with.
rand paul is running in a race where many millions of donor money are the base for even being allowed in at all, not surprised to see him playing to that in the primary. His aircraft carrier speech, israel stuff, tpp etc. I can understand why he does that. No one is going to get to be president of the us without compromising themselves along the way. Especially within the rigid dogma of the repub party.
In any case I was referring to his treatment by his peers as though he is a big threat, not my personal assessment. The entire repub establishment is going after him, saying he’s irresponsible, only out for money (his patriot act speech), would put americans in danger etc. Basically they’re treating him like a competing dem.
Mike Coogan on Mondoweiss:
AIPAC-backed legislation targeting BDS movement advances in Congress
Damn you, Europe. OBEY US!
I don't like AFL-CIO at all. Nor do I like Pelosi. But AFL-CIO, Pelosi and I all think that the fast track of TPP was a bad thing, albeit, probably for very, very different reasons. And if AFL-CIO was against it, it is a safe bet that a lot of other unions were too. Unions really like to give to Ds. All that I'm saying here is, follow the money.
So if I'm reading your comment right, the unions got together and pooled their money to help block a bad deal (fast track) which had support from dem president + republican party. Yes, I agree - unions did good.
Repubs managed to pass their own shitty bill but that can't move anywhere in the senate as far as i can tell.
The unions have been with the real progressives, the real conservatives and the real libertarians against this one all along.
Krieger has been on it here at ZH, most recently here:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-06-11/paul-ryan-channels-pelosi-you-h...
I don't know if they pooled their money or if they promised to support somebody else next election, but either way, they came out against it. They have to know that it would further reduce their paying membership by sending jobs overseas. Or maybe they just didn't get a big enough cut.
They have to know that it would further reduce their paying membership by sending jobs overseas.
So you're saying unions have an incentive to protect their workers livelihoods whereas supranational trade agreements beloved by neocons/libs + corporations do not?
Thanks for the link.
"There's still some good things about having a dem president too."
Not anymore.. Not since JFK.
But then again, there is not much of an advantage to having R's in the office anymore either given the disasters of the Shrubs.
"There's still some good things about having a dem president too."
Not anymore.. Not since JFK.
I meant in the sense that dems are more likely as a group to vote against the desires of their president. The msm has been characterizing this as a major embarrassment - is us&a supposed to officially be an autocracy now or what?
As far as Obama is concerned, it is.
And it seems like most of Congress doesn't care.
As long as paydays keep coming at least six days a week.
Miss a day and congressmen get grumpy.
Nancy's not just a pretty face, ya know.
Not even.
Shit, even the rat that spins the wheel inside her brain is on an LSD drip...
<< Nancy's not just a pretty face, ya know. >>
I haven't dared to look, actually.
“Nancy's not just a pretty face, ya know.”
LOL :-D There is more to her than that:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSxihhBzCjk
What's confusing? The congress is holding out for more money, that's all. A few hundered million later and it's in the bag.
Even Pelosi cringes seeing how fast Barry is destroying the Middle Class and small business owners. Why does Barry hate so much?
What the fuck. Nancy Pelosi is the hero? I'm so fucking confused!
Well broken clocks are correct twice per day after all.
Seriously it was avoiding a Political Party Suicide.
I think that when Paul Ryan parroted her unwavering support of the ACA in support of the TPP, and she knows just how stupid her own comment was, then she could add it up.
But I have no concern that our Most Glorious Leader Messiah on Hgh will sign the treaty into law by Executive Order.
Congress will do nothing to stop that...not one damned thing.
And Obama knows that.
"Where can we find how the slime balls voted?"
https://www.govtrack.us/
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2015/roll361.xml
Here is the roll call on the TAA (Trade Assistance Authority) vote that sank the overall TPA: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2015/roll361.xml
"The House plans to reconsider TAA next week, giving Obama the weekend to lobby Democrats in hopes of saving the package. Passage of TAA was necessary to advance TPA, which would fast-track a potential 12-nation trade deal with Pacific countries. Members voted 219-211 on TPA after sinking TAA. They both must pass in order to be cleared for the president’s signature. If TAA doesn’t pass the second time around, there are more questions than answers on what happens next."
http://blogs.rollcall.com/218/rebuffing-obama-pelosi-democrats-scuttle-t...
you can bet your bottom silver dollar that Pelosi is up to something and it is not good for the citizens of this country.........
You never trust a crazy rabid animal........
She said "its defeat is the only way we will be able to slow down fast track,"
Note 'slow down', not 'stop'. Obviously the lobbying efforts have not been sufficiently high in value.
Only way to effect change without violent revolution is for Libertarian Paul types to team up with the Bernie Sanders Democrats and remove corporasia from power. Both have enough similarities to make it happen regarding corporasia. In WW2 the US and Brits assisted the Soviet Union in defeating a greater evil, altho polar opposites on social order. The time has come for alliances to put aside differences to defeat a greater evil.
Vote swaps. She swapped votes with someone minor who opposed it. That person voted pro on her behalf and she voted anti on their behalf.
Negative.
She is neither that smart nor clever.
More likely; the bribes to her were not large enough.
The House killed the Trade Adjustment Assistance bill and then quickly approved the "fast-track" legislation moments after the TAA measure failed.
It's some kind of shell game. While the headlines read, "TAA fails to launch" everyone will ignore the "fast track" rule book rewrite.
That's my guess. Time will tell.
The Pilosi maneuver today looked just like a geriatric slutty over-acting magician's assistant setting off smokey flash-bangs to dazzle and distract, while the real trick is being pulled.
Hmm.... so maybe the 'Global War on BDS' thing DID go through. If it didn't (I'm really confused either way), then it will automatically go through when they do authorize it.
That makes a lot more sense now, especially with Peolosi front-running the diversion.
Israel: 1 U.S. Citizens: 0
"Insert quarter to play again"
Had to up vote you for that perfectly fit "geriatric slutty over-acting magician's assistant" metaphor. Classic.
It will resurface eventually. Under another guise.
Maybe it's a just rare flash of sanity, but her comments did include the statement that "people would rather have a job than assistance."
For that, she deserves to be commended, if only for today.
Perhaps she realized that no matter how good your insurance is it's generally better not to shoot yourself in the foot.
Now I'm really torn. Pelosi's against something and I'm agreeing with her? What to do, what to do.
Just remember, even Hitler did some good things too -created the autobahn, the VW, loved his dogs.
NoDebt:
I don't think there was any "deep insight" It was probably more like quid pro quo.
Pelosi is a CONgressional sociopath. What did she just gain by defeating fast track?
Maybe she is using reverse psychology on us?
~"Now I'm really torn. Pelosi's against something and I'm agreeing with her? What to do, what to do."~
I thought only Satan could rend friends against each other and unite enemies. I stand corrected unless there is one other truth here.
Controlled opposition. Drama for the masses. It will be modified slightly and passed when they want it passed.
I would agree, it would be a rare event when I'm on the same side as Pelosi, which makes me wonder wtf was in this thing.
I'm reminded of 'we have to pass it to know what's in it' again.
ObamaTrade must be REALLY BAD for the democrats to burn Obama.
The Dems hate that fucker because he is helping to destroy the Democrat party with every bit of nonsense that comes out of his mouth. They probably call him "boy" behind his back.
Well, it's apparently unconstutitional. Not that that would matter to the treasonous dual-citizen bastards in congress.
Eric Zuesse in GW's blog:
The Heroic Anti-TPP Action by Alan B, Morrison — and More to Come
I'm sure that had congress rolling on the floor. "Violates the Constitution? Haahaaaw haha haw.. Are you kidding me? Fuck THAT!!"
This is another show, stay tuned to see what alternative agenda stems from this escapade. Anyone who thinks the democrats are the saviors you are in a deep sleep to think that this is over
You have a fundamental misunderstanding. The pieces of shit get progressively bigger, never smaller, in an exponential KleptoCorportacratic system. Bush may have seemed like a bigger change from Clinton, but in reality he was just building on the KleptoCorportacracy. None of the pieces of shit change the smell of the shit before them, they just add to the pile & stink.
Guantamo still open? Yep
Afganistan war still going? Yep
Iraq war still going? Yep
New wars started? Yep
Continuation of anti-american trade laws? Yep
Push for greater anti-american trade laws? Youbetcha
There is no winning this game with any candidate from the inside. Ron Paul was the last hope and it was a slim one at best. Only thing to do is wait for the reset.
Or perhaps help it along. Borrow $1,000,000,000,000 and start a mega bank to crash. At least you will be exempt from all prosecution.
The only "Reset" will be a boot on ones throat.
+100 Titus. I get the dialectical nature of the USSA's political system.
My only point is that the deal is so bad that even the corrupt democrat congress critters are running for cover. The fact that they must play political games to defend the indefensible instead of ramming Obamatrade demonstrates they are fearful to an extreme.
It's been outed by Wikeleaks; it's completely outrageous. It's what you get when you let a corporate / banker mouthpiece have a second term; as you should have been able to figure out. He's got nothing to lose now, he can't get re-elected. The Congress-Critturs want to still have their jobs after he's gone. That Trans-Pacific Trade bill, (the name means nothing, it's just to put you to sleep), has been read by some European leaders and they're like, "hey, wait a minute", "this sucks". It sucks, alright. It would kill off the last remaining jobs and give away our soveirgnty all at once. Imagine the nerve of trying to pass a bill that provides welfare for the displaced workers from your trade bill, so you can sell your trade bill to the idiocracy. As that crap-mouth Nancy Pelosi said, "People would rather have jobs than 'assistance' "/ no shit ?
To add:
Julian Assange, in a statement, succinctly nailed it “It is a mistake to think of the TPP as a single treaty. In reality there are three conjoined mega-agreements, the TiSA, the TPP and the TTIP, all of which strategically assemble into a grand unified treaty, partitioning the world into the West versus the rest. This 'Great Treaty' is described by the Pentagon as the economic core to the US military's 'Asia Pivot.' The architects are aiming no lower than the arc of history. The Great Treaty is taking shape in complete secrecy, because along with its undebated geostrategic ambitions it locks into place an aggressive new form of transnational corporatism for which there is little public support."
http://rt.com/op-edge/266542-bilderberg-obama-g7-germany-ttip/
Pepe Escobar
TiSA is a bitch.
http://ellenbrown.com/2015/06/11/fast-tracking-tisa-stealth-block-to-mon...
You go, Dude; post them Links. This is an outrageous piece of sell-out your country bullshit. Remember Obumbum telling everybody on the campaign trail if they elected him everybody would get 5 days to publicly discuss Congressional Bills before they voted on 'em? I do. He said it alright. How did we get from there to Treaties that Congress doesn't get to read until after they approve them ? That's insane !!. Is everybody nuts, here ?
Truer words were never spoken, unless I just said something after I read your comment.
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I doubt that. TPTB won't stop until no one in Amerika has a decent job and is entirely dependent upon gooberment. No sarcasm, I'm as serious as rattlesnake in your sleeping bag.
I actually called my representative, or actually his staff member, this morning (Rep Guinta, R, NH)
The poor bastard that asked me why I was against TPA never saw it coming.
I went into a tirade that covered in no particular order, Treason, secret governance, republic/democracy, sovereignty, lying of MSM, corporate control, lobbyists, job losses.
And probably a few more!
You know, I realize it doesn't change a fricking thing, BUT! it was very cathartic and made me feel better just for venting to this poor bastard.
I doubt it made any difference but what if so many of us called that he got scared of being a turncoat? Anyway, I would do it again just for the venting/cathartic experience!
I'm sure the Bangalore call center 'staff member' that Guinta contracted out to took detailed notes for carefull consideration in the future. Or maybe NH uses prison call centers? Same difference, except U.S. prisoners probably get paid better.
I called my rep's DC office, and his local office, and emailed both yesterday and today. His staff played coy, saying that he didn't want to make up his mind until he had heard from as many constituents as possible. Right. He voted no on the TAA, helping to sink the overall bill, but voted yes on the fast-track authority, which is what I object to the most, because Obama can't be trusted. I'll keep calling and writing I guess, because they have apparently rescheduled a vote on the TAA for Tuesday, so it isn't completely dead yet.
Sounds like something Øsurper would say about himself, provided he may have already.
Jesus they called him a nigger. But that's old fashioned I prefer a Black cunt.
Well, now I know what the domestic Greeks think when they see news of how their politicians are looking out for them.
pods
They weren't rebuking Obola. They were hardballing the republicans to approve that one little item. It will soon return for quick approval when the republicans revise in view of their larger mission for the corporate overlords.
Note:
Even the "folks" who track this issue seem to be naive self-congratulating black-slapping suckers . . . and throwing their arms to the heavens in thanks for the miraculous reaffirmation in the power of good to prevail. Too fucking sad for even sardonic humor.
Anyone got a link so we can see who the sellouts [traitors] are that we may of voted for?
so now we know what was in the TPP bill - $ assistance for workers "displaced" by the bill.
More free shit - what a POS
Converting the last workers to helpless .gov dependents; right in front of your face, and nobody even notices. Congress can't do it, because they'll still be around when the sleeping masses wake up and find out they've been fucked; Obumbum will be long gone; he doesn't give a shit; all he needs is a place to spend his payoff slush fund from the Corporate Chiefs. What a disaster.
Here ya go:
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/114-2015/h361
Supplement:
https://www.govtrack.us/
Fuck Rush Limbaugh.
He's on vacation, and living Rent Free in YOUR HEAD.
His fill in isn't doing a very good job anyway.
I don't listen to that shill anymore, so I was not aware he is on vacation.
perfect case of "if you ask the wrong questions, you will never get the right answers"
Duo, were they voting on both of those today? If so, we're (Moar) fucked!
This is a 3 Stage assfucking. Only had a couple minutes, but here's the best link I've seen yet...
http://rt.com/usa/266863-tpp-pass-house-obama/
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Let me guess: 2112, a set of good headphones, and a few grams of chronic from a nitrous oxide carbureted bong.
Amirite or amirite?
"Home to tear the Temples down! Home to CHANGE..."
Nah,
Hemispheres LP on a Thorens table with a Ortofon MC cart through a pair of Martin Logans powered by a pair of bridged Hafler amps.
And yes, plenty of Cindy 99.
A merely ceremonial vote. the TAA needed to pass 1st. It got shot down 300 to 100, meaning Obama doesn't get a chance to sign it.
One of the biggest problmes conservatives have . is Rush Limbaugh and his dizzy school of corporate crappy economics 4-/////// twenty years of dumbass ecomomics.. taht pushed the corporate and elitist line ..
Yo, Iceland child, 18 weeks and counting.
duuuuuuude, on Friday afternoons, here's some friendly advice--don't hit the bong until after u hav done finished ur post. Capiche?
Granny Warren can't be found to offer comment. However, for the first time in my adult life, I am proud that Fauxcahauntus is my Senator.
Oh, and I gave u a reddie, don't cha' know.
- Ned
There was a procedural vote yesterday that separated out the TAA (Trade Assistance Authority) portion of the TPA (Trade Promotion Authority, also known as "fast track"). What this means is that if either section of the overall bill failed the entire bill would fail. The TAA, which was created to provide retraining assistance for workers displaced as a result of free trade, was voted down this afternoon, with 158 Republicans and 155 Democrats voting against it, thus sinking the overall TPA bill. Subsequently, there was a vote on the fast-track authority portion of the TPA bill, which passed, though some representatives no doubt voted for it only because they knew the overall bill lhad already failed, allowing them to vote with their leadership without risk.
Lindsay Gram just looks like a pedo. That fucker creeps me out.
Lindsay Graham will turn out to be the new Dennis Hastert. Just give it time for the revelations to appear.
Except Lady Bell Graham's hush money is being paid to underage boys.
I think a large percentage of congress critters are OWNED by people who have serious dirt on them...
Default and always: No Such Agency will always be there for them.
What you talkin' 'bout Wllis?!
EL Vaquero,
We can bungee cord Graham off the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge until he shows us the secret documents.
;)
It's too bad that the old John P. Grace Memorial Bridge aka 'Cooper River Bridge' isn't around anymore so we could send Nancy over it in a google car doing 100mph. He'd be begging to spill the beans after that shit... lol
i have a few stories about that bridge myself
Sounds like a reasonable plan to me.
Not sure about Lindsay...James Clapper?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3119063/Can-scientists-sp...
I am so glad they stopped this for now, but you can be sure the Oligarchs will have their puppets try and push this through again.
Just remember Syria was stopped at first, and then golly gee out of nowwhere ISIS imerges and look US troops are back in Iraq, headed towards Syria.
Stay vigilant.
The first bill is usually the one that is submitted with the purpose of being voted down so they can maintain the charade of representative government. The real one will come through, be sold as a better, fairer version, and barely pass after a "bitter, contested debate on the House floor". The players all have their scripts...it's time to raise the curtain.
Kabuki fucking theatre for mass consumption.
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Never thought I'd say this but...Thank you, Nancy Pelosi!
You mean she actually wants to read it to find out what's in it? Or are the unions threatening to withhold campaign funding over this? Or is she getting enough people writing in saying "not only will I fuck you with a cactus, afterwards, I'll shoot you" messages from "voters?"
Am I being too cynical here?
Not so fast. They are reconsidering the vote.
So, not cynical enough? Come on here people! Help me out. I want to get the amount of cynicism just right.
Could you support the TITS Trade Agreement?
You can't err to the high side.
The original TBTF bailout was also voted down , at first.
And besides TPP, there is still TTIP and TISA
Then they got the tanks in the street threat. There is no such threat this time, and you have certain campaign donors against this. I'm not saying it won't pass, but if it does, you're talking about a real, down and dirty oligarch fight. I would say "grab the popcorn," but it's not a show that will get much public viewing.
Man I hope they tie this one together at the end, cause as of now, it doesn't make sense. Maybe the next scene will be some lobbyist going down on Nancy to get this thing done?
#Kingpin
Makes perfect sense to me. The bribe money wasn't fairly distributed, and all the perks went to the repukes on this deal. The dems will have a change of heart once their wallets are fattened a bit moar.
so they are just holding out for bigger bribes ... THAT makes sense because there is NO WAY the Democratic Party leadership opposes the TPP, and thus it is plausible that they got smaller bribes than the Republicans.
The visual of some poor sap going down on Nancy just made me puke a little.... urp....
"What is it about good sex that makes me have to crap? ...............Man you really jarred something loose tiger."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zIDgPVg9HM
DoJ subpoena to ZH, inbound in 5 . . .4 . . . .3
Let them try ... I'm sure the majority of emails linked to accounts here are not checked quite so often ... if you know what I mean.
No doubt the NSA could figure out who we are all are (if they cared), but some pencil pushing fed parasite would only wind up with a list of useless email handles (assuming the Tylers even complied).
If I get the ... er ... "Chinese" hack story correctly, the "Chinese" have all of the .gov employees' e-mails and their attachments to such sites as adul frnd fndr dot km.
Even the newbiez on the site (u know, the single digit or double digits of weeks, I'm entirely amused when the time as a registered person lists hours ;-) probably don't have "real" e-mail. I'd bet that the old numbers of fake accounts on yahoo, hotmail, gmail, u name it are north of 3/4 of the accounts.
Maybe we'd all fit into the ten pct neeededing "re-edumication"?
don't cha' know