The U.S. Senate—often called the world’s most deliberative legislative body—will operate in a closed debate process with no amendments whatsoever allowed to the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) part of Obamatrade this week, as Senate Majority Leader
On Tuesday, any Republican senators who vote with McConnell in favor of cloture on TPA—which would provide the president fast-track authority to speed through Congress with little to no oversight at least three highly secretive trade deals—will be surrendering their right to criticize Reid’s handling of the Senate last Congress. That’s because McConnell literally will use Reid’s choice of tactics to block any amendments to the version of TPA that passed the House: the Senate leader will fill the amendment tree so as to keep any other U.S. senators from offering any amendments.
Bitch.
All I could do was send money to Matt Bevin
Yeah, all you RINO supporters, tell me again why we have to vote for whatever liberal candidate the establishment forces on us? Republicans are betting they’ll have the white house after 2016. Obama is just maneuvering the Republicans into getting full blame later for the monstrosity, And, no, I haven’t read it. I just know from experience that Dems want that global government that Bill Gates and now even the Pope is calling for.
Maybe the R establishment hasn’t paid attention for the last 25 years when the only debatable wins they had were flukes.
Not that he’ll care. Because he won’t. But it was fun to send McConnell an email with a link and quote where he says he won’t run the Senate like this.
I also added the question in the email, “Can we now say, “Liar, liar pants on fire”?
Team Obama has some pretty damaging photos of McConnell.
Interesting to see this column by Ted Cruz today: http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/06/23/exclusive-ted-cruz-obamatrade-enmeshed-in-corrupt-backroom-dealings/
Coming from a standing senator those are pretty direct and accusing words.
I think it’s obvious.., that he’s a repube rino.., and his title is “R-KY”. As in KY.. He will cram it thru..
He needs to take his counter part Johnny boy boner, and get the hell out of the way of the Tea Party
No longer Republican and Demonrat.
Now it’s Menshevik and Bolshevik.
A pox on both their houses!
HEY Ted, have you been asleep for the first 4+ years of your term? You can’t name one bill that is not riddled with back room deals. I s’pose you are going to try and play hero now and say you have done all you can to stop it. I’m not impressed.
Anyone know why he would do this?
I was counting on the 2015 congress to impeach Obama.
Not hop in bed with him.
The republicans are the party of the millionaires. Dems are the party of the billionaires. They don’t give a damn what happens to us. That’s why
Not a dime’s worth of difference in R’s and D’s! Worked to give R’s majority in both House and Senate and they spit in our faces. I am done with R’s and will never be a D so I am now living in non-voting land.
Uhhh … that wasn’t spit …
Nonsense. He AGREES with the agenda. They are ALL in it together. There is ONE party.