Stop the Free Trade Agenda by stopping congressional approval of Trade Promotion Authority.
The key to victory in
our fight to stop the two mega free trade agreements — the Trans-Pacific
Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
— is to stop Congress from approving a new Trade Promotion Authority (TPA)
bill. Of course, TPA is just the new name for "fast-track authority,"
which has been used to steamroll free trade agreements, such as NAFTA (North
America) and CAFTA (Central America), through Congress for several decades now
by allowing only an up-or-down vote on such agreements within 90 days with no
amendments or filibusters permitted.
It is very widely accepted that the TPP and TTIP agreements cannot be approved by Congress without TPA in effect. Although a bill that would authorize TPA, Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act of 2014 (H.R. 3830 in the House and S. 1900 in the Senate), was introduced on January 9, it appears that there is not enough support in Congress at present to assure passage. As usual, most Democrats and some Republicans are leery of free trade legislation. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid went so far as to say this regarding the TPA bill in the Senate, "I'm against fast track.... Everyone would be well advised not to push this right now." When asked whether he would stop action on TPA, Reid said, "We'll see."
Reid's attitude doesn't mean that TPA won't be passed this year, but it is making approval of TPA look like an uphill battle.
Although we're delighted to hear that support for TPA appears to be lacking, we can't afford to be complacent. Back in the 1990s when NAFTA was being debated in the media, there were many articles claiming that NAFTA was in trouble and wouldn't be passed. However, we know the outcome: NAFTA passed, and the establishment elites working for a New World Order got what they needed as a foundation for their next step, the North American Union (NAU).
Then, a funny thing happened on the road to the NAU. The JBS and allies slowed down the NAU project so much that now we're hearing that the TPP and TTIP agreements will leapfrog over the NAU step and bring about economic and political integration of the United States with 11 (and more to come, such as China) Pacific Rim nations and the European Union.
We know that what the establishment elites want, they generally get. However, we must break this pattern of the creation of larger and larger blocs of nations before we lose our national independence and personal freedoms for good.
So, stopping U.S. involvement in this whole long-term pattern of ever-larger economic and political blocs of nations boils down to stopping the TPA bills in Congress this year. We can't afford to be complacent. We've got to assume that they have a good chance to pass unless we create sufficient opposition to vote them down. And, there's already some talk of passing the TPA bills in a lame-duck session of Congress after this fall's elections, if need be.
We must ramp up our efforts to stop passage of the TPA bills, H.R. 3830 in the House and S. 1900 in the Senate, beginning now. We don't know when the votes will be, so we need to build opposition quickly, and then sustain that opposition all through the year. Our national independence and personal freedoms are at stake!
Oppose Trade Promotion AuthorityIt is very widely accepted that the TPP and TTIP agreements cannot be approved by Congress without TPA in effect. Although a bill that would authorize TPA, Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act of 2014 (H.R. 3830 in the House and S. 1900 in the Senate), was introduced on January 9, it appears that there is not enough support in Congress at present to assure passage. As usual, most Democrats and some Republicans are leery of free trade legislation. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid went so far as to say this regarding the TPA bill in the Senate, "I'm against fast track.... Everyone would be well advised not to push this right now." When asked whether he would stop action on TPA, Reid said, "We'll see."
Reid's attitude doesn't mean that TPA won't be passed this year, but it is making approval of TPA look like an uphill battle.
Although we're delighted to hear that support for TPA appears to be lacking, we can't afford to be complacent. Back in the 1990s when NAFTA was being debated in the media, there were many articles claiming that NAFTA was in trouble and wouldn't be passed. However, we know the outcome: NAFTA passed, and the establishment elites working for a New World Order got what they needed as a foundation for their next step, the North American Union (NAU).
Then, a funny thing happened on the road to the NAU. The JBS and allies slowed down the NAU project so much that now we're hearing that the TPP and TTIP agreements will leapfrog over the NAU step and bring about economic and political integration of the United States with 11 (and more to come, such as China) Pacific Rim nations and the European Union.
We know that what the establishment elites want, they generally get. However, we must break this pattern of the creation of larger and larger blocs of nations before we lose our national independence and personal freedoms for good.
So, stopping U.S. involvement in this whole long-term pattern of ever-larger economic and political blocs of nations boils down to stopping the TPA bills in Congress this year. We can't afford to be complacent. We've got to assume that they have a good chance to pass unless we create sufficient opposition to vote them down. And, there's already some talk of passing the TPA bills in a lame-duck session of Congress after this fall's elections, if need be.
We must ramp up our efforts to stop passage of the TPA bills, H.R. 3830 in the House and S. 1900 in the Senate, beginning now. We don't know when the votes will be, so we need to build opposition quickly, and then sustain that opposition all through the year. Our national independence and personal freedoms are at stake!
Keep America Independent: Ask State Legislators to OPPOSE Trade Promotion Authority
Although our fight to stop the renewal of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) must ultimately be won in Congress, the state legislatures also have some influence on this issue. For more information on what TPA is and why we should oppose it, read "Stop the Free Trade Agenda: Stop Trade Promotion Authority."
The reason why we
must appeal to our state legislators to help stop congressional approval of TPA
is that the threat to our national independence and personal freedoms posed by
two proposed mega free trade partnerships (Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, and
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, or TTIP) is arguably the most
important threat to our nation at this time. We're talking about agreements
that would further the process of cancelling the Declaration of Independence as
well as the Constitution. Stated another way: The TPP and TTIP would lead to
the eventual economic and political integration of the United States with 11
Pacific Rim nations (including Japan, but not China, for now) and the European
Union.
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has even proposed model legislation for state legislators to introduce in their respective legislatures urging Congress to renew TPA and approve the TPP and TTIP agreements. ALEC's support is very significant because it claims to have nearly 2000 state legislators as members
So, stopping U.S.
involvement in the whole long-term pattern of ever-larger economic and
political blocs of nations boils down to stopping renewal of TPA in Congress.
We can't afford to be complacent. We've got to assume that there is a good
chance that TPA will be renewed unless we create sufficient opposition to vote
it down. And, there's already some talk of passing the TPA renewal in a
lame-duck session of Congress after this fall's elections, if need be.
Our national independence and personal freedoms are at
stake!
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