American Thinker: Trump on TPP: ‘Why can’t they just put it off until I become elected?’

In his October 24 speech in Jacksonville, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump discussed the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), the trade pact which President Obama just finished negotiating.  Trump asked a key question of the Republicans in Congress: “Why can’t they put it off until I become elected? [Howard Richman, Raymond Richman and Jesse Richman, American…

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USA Today: House uses rare procedure to revive Export-Import bank

WASHINGTON — The House launched a rare effort Monday to circumvent Republican leadership in hopes of reviving the Export-Import Bank, which conservatives managed to choke off earlier this year. [Reposted from USA Today  |  Paul Singer, Nathan Bomey and Paul Davidson  |  October 26, 2015] The procedure, known as a “discharge petition,” basically allows a simple majority of…

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