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Cha

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6. They're just being disingenuous.. did ya see Schumer's statement, Cali?..

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Sun Apr 26, 2015, 04:14 AM

Apr 2015

“We are supposed to vote on (fast-track), tie our hands and not vote on amendments, before we’ve seen what the (Trans-Pacific Partnership) is. I’ve never seen anything like it,” said Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who has seen something exactly like it more than a dozen times during his 34 years on Capitol Hill

They're shocked!

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The bottom line is this: Cali_Democrat Apr 2015 #1

And just how can they read thousands of pages of legislation to be able to sabrina 1 Apr 2015 #2

Darrell Issa provided those leaks, not wikileaks: ucrdem Apr 2015 #8

Then Congress can reject both fast track and TPP. Cali_Democrat Apr 2015 #15

They're just being disingenuous.. did ya see Schumer's statement, Cali?.. Cha Apr 2015 #6

thanks KMOD.. from your link.. Cha Apr 2015 #3

Well, they made Mitt's day anyway. ucrdem Apr 2015 #4

Thank you, KMOD. In other words, it's only been like this for EIGHTY-ONE YEARS. Hekate Apr 2015 #5

Just because it started with Gerald Ford doesn't mean it's ok AZ Progressive Apr 2015 #7

Every President, starting with and including Nixon, has de-regulated. merrily Apr 2015 #11

"We've always done it that way" starts wearing thin as a justification for bad policy. Buns_of_Fire Apr 2015 #12

Poor Obama, getting his feelings hurt. Quantess Apr 2015 #9

that's because Obama Inc. is a people - according to our friend Mitt anyway nt msongs Apr 2015 #10

I wish fast track authority would be used to end poverty, debt, war, or provide a job midnight Apr 2015 #13

Yeah, reaching consensus is messy. Too effing bad. Agony Apr 2015 #14