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Trade Promotion Authority Threatens U.S. Sovereignty, Jobs

Posted on July 13, 2015 by Terri Hall

Once again, Republicans caved to the will of a rogue, progressive president. To put the Republicans betrayal of the American people in context, Sessions notes, “The request for fast-track also comes at a time when the Administration has established a recurring pattern of sidestepping the law, the Congress, and the Constitution in order to repeal sovereign protections for U.S. workers in deference to favored financial and political allies.” – Senator Jeff Sessions Continue reading →

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Congressman Grayson: TPP creates parallel legal system, threatens U.S. sovereignty

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Taylor Rose

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) “creates a parallel court system that has never existed before and will usurp U.S. sovereignty” warned Congressman Alan Grayson (D-FL) in an exclusive interview with SFPPR News and Analysis.

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Trade Promotion Authority is Not the Free Trade Utopia it Seems

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Rachel Alexander

Thirty-five of the 36 House Republican freshmen in Congress have said they would like to provide President Obama with “Trade Promotion Authority” (TPA), which would allow him to “fast-track” the negotiation of reciprocal trade agreements, instead of wrangling through the specifics with Congress. Ostensibly, it would make free trade agreements easier to implement.

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