Right before the vote, the TransPacific Partnership Treaty (TPP) seems to be picking up steam. The Hill has published a Whip list of House Representatives and where they stand on this issue. I pulled out just the NC Reps so it would be easier for you to see who you need to contact to tell them that Fast Tracking any trade negotiation is un-American---Congress needs to do its job and get into the details of this. And to tell them the TPP is bad for Americans.
The Hill's Whip List: Trade bill picks up momentum
REPUBLICANS - YES OR LEANING YES (118)
Rep. Renee Ellmers (N.C.) — Ellmers tweeted an op-ed from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) she said "explains how newly drafted #TPA puts authority back into hands of Congress."
Rep. George Holding (N.C.) — Voted for TPA in the Ways and Means Committee.
Rep. Richard Hudson (N.C.) — "The bottom line is I don’t trust President Obama to negotiate trade deals and stand up for North Carolina jobs, and that’s why we need the transparency and check on the President that TPA provides,” said Hudson in a statement.
Rep. Patrick McHenry (N.C.) — Chief deputy whip voted against CAFTA in 2005.
Rep. David Rouzer (N.C.)
Rep. Mark Walker (N.C.)REPUBLICANS - NO OR LEANING NO (29)
Rep. Walter Jones (N.C.) — Jones tweeted that TPA is "about crony capitalism & real conservatives don't support it." He voted against all three trade deals in 2011 and fast-track in 2002REPUBLICANS - UNDECIDED OR UNCLEAR (98)
Rep. Virginia Foxx (N.C.)
Rep. Mark Meadows (N.C.) — In an op-ed, Meadows urged lawmakers to back TPA only if it bars trade agreements with human-rights violators.
Rep. Robert Pittenger (N.C.)DEMOCRATS - YES OR LEANING YES (20)
DEMOCRATS - NO OR LEANING NO (134)
Rep. G.K. Butterfield (N.C.) — "I'm still at the place I've always been: leaning no," Butterfield, the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, told The Hill.DEMOCRATS – UNDECIDED OR UNCLEAR (35)
Rep. Alma Adams (N.C.)
Rep. David Price (N.C.) — "I'm genuinely conflicted," Price told The Hill. Obama has reached out to Price.
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/trade/241114-whip-list-dems-bucking-obama-on-trade
Comments
BTW, I can't believe Ellmers
BTW, I can't believe Ellmers is so stupid. TPP gives nothing to Congress.
Of course you can believe it
she's just parroting the party line of the corporatists who are looking for fig leaves to cover their naked greed.
Hudson is an idiot
Approval of TPA means he *wouldn't* be allowed to put forward any amendments to alter Obama's trade deal(s). I'm surprised he can even find his desk in the House...
Thanks, Vicki
By the way, you are officially a front-page blogger, so you should feel free to publish your posts directly to the front page. You just have to check the box just before you hit save.
I don't know how you do it, but thank you for doing it nonetheless.
Give me a hint what the box
Give me a hint what the box looks like...
Boxy, not sexy
We'll have to talk, as my Add
We'll have to talk, as my Add Blog Post page doesn't look like that at all!
Vicki, your page should not look like that
James has more permissions as a super user. Don't let looks throw you off. :) The options are under "publishing options"
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Price is genuinely conflicted?
Sheeesh.
Dear Rep Price,
if the e-mail I just received from DFA is correct, it looks like Republicans are staying true to form and squeezing in more attacks to the social safety net:
TPA and TPP are already bad and shouldn't be supported, but if the above is true, not a single Democrat should be supporting the upcoming House vote.