Stop TPA:

Keep US Out of EU-style Pacific Union, 6/11/15, jbs.com

The House of Representatives will vote on Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), aka fast-track authority, tomorrow (Friday) June 12. The Senate approved TPA on May 22, so if the House approves it tomorrow, that would be the final vote. Obama would happily sign it.

 

In an open letter to President Obama dated June 5, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) provided powerful reasons for opposing congressional approval of TPA:

 

[In a letter dated May 6] I asked that you make public the section of the TPP that creates a new transnational governance structure known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership Commission. The details of this new governance commission are extremely broad and have the hallmarks of a nascent European Union, with many similarities.

 

Reviewing the secret text, plus the secret guidance document that accompanies it, reveals that this new transnational commission - chartered with a "Living Agreement" clause - would have the authority to amend the agreement after its adoption, to add new members, and to issue regulations impacting labor, immigration, environmental, and commercial policy. Under this new commission, the Sultan of Brunei would have an equal vote to that of the United States.

 

The implications of this new Pacific Union are extraordinary and ought to be discussed in full, in public, before Congress even contemplates fast-tracking its creation and pre-surrendering its power to apply the constitutional two-thirds treaty vote.

 

Phone your congressman now (click here to identify your member of the House and get the phone number) and tell him or her (or more likely someone on the staff):

Please preserve our national independence by voting NO on Trade Promotion Authority.

You agree with Senator Sessions that the implications of the section of the Trans-Pacific Partnership that creates a new transnational governance structure known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership Commission are extraordinary and ought to be discussed in full, in public, before Congress approves a TPA bill that would make eventual passage of the TPP deal almost certain.

You agree with Senator Sessions that the TPP Commission is similar to the EU Commission and would likely lead to a new Pacific Union with the United States as a charter member.

Please keep the United States out of this EU-style Pacific Union by voting NO on the TPA bill. Also email your congressman with the same points.

 

Source:The John Birch Society