Politico: Reid offers plan to break trade impasse
McConnell refuses to budge on demands for additional worker protections, ahead of cliffhanger vote. [Reposted from Politico | Burgess Everett and Manu Raju | May
Huffington Post: “A Trade Pact in the Corporate Interest”
Spurred on by powerful multinational corporations and aided by their corporate lobbyists, the administration wants Congress to sign a blank check for yet another
Ideal Taxes: The amendment to FastTrack that could save America
Howard Richman is a CPA member and supporter. Tomorrow, the Senate will start voting on whether or not to give President Obama Fast-Track power (Trade
The Washington Post: Obama’s quiet nuclear deal with China raises proliferation concerns
It seemed like a typical day for President Obama. He taped a TV interview on trade, hosted the champion NASCAR team on the South Lawn
CPA Statement Re Senate Fast Track Deal
CPA issued the following organizational statement today: Reports indicate that Senate leadership has today reached an agreement to proceed to debate bills regarding Fast
Local Activism: How to Stop a Bad Vote
The early morning headline on Wednesday morning, May 13, 2015 read “Senate deals stinging defeat to Obama trade agenda“. The initial perception is that
Buchanan: On a Fast Track to National Ruin
In the first quarter of 2015, in the sixth year of the historic Obama recovery, the U.S. economy grew by two-tenths of 1 percent. [Reposted
Transcript of Today’s Senate Cloture Vote on Fast Track
The Senate refuse to invoke cloture on Fast Track today. They needed 60 votes to proceed to debating the bill on the floor. But they
Politico: Obama’s trade pact faces cliffhanger vote
The centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s economic agenda faces a cliffhanger vote in the Senate on Tuesday, as Democratic leaders move to block his trade
The Boston Globe: Who is writing the TPP?
Congress is in an intense debate over trade bills that will shape the course of the US economy for decades. Much of this debate has
