Barack Obama

what those who think he is a "Trojan horse" and other expletive deletives have to say about it.

Quote from Sen Ron Wyden..

"Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), the lead Democratic sponsor of the bill, said he worked through the night to try and win agreements from his colleagues, and was talking with Obama after 11 p.m. to find the way forward.

"The president is all-in on this issue. There's no other way to describe it," Wyden told reporters shortly after the vote.

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Wyden noted that the TPA bill requires that trade agreements will eventually be posted for the public to see.

"Starting with the Trans-Pacific Partnership, that agreement will be public for 60 days before the president signs it, and for probably a couple of months after that," Wyden said. "The American people will be able to come to a town hall meeting of their House member or their senator for close to four months with the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement in their laps, and they will be able to ask questions of their elected officials before a single vote is cast."

However, with fast-track powers, Obama will have a much easier time winning those votes. The fast track mandates that agreements cannot be amended, the Senate cannot filibuster them and they must get simple majorities in each chamber to pass.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/21/senate-trade-vote_n_7353138.html

Thanks for bringing it to the BOG, yallerdawg.