Trans-Pacific Partnership

Dear Friends,

Congress is moving forward to give President Obama fast track authority with respect to the Trans-Pacific Partnership.  The New York Times (here) just reported that a deal had been reached by the tax writing committees in the House and Senate on a bill to grant President Obama fast track authority.  As I have written before (here and here), the Trans-Pacific Partnership is a complete disaster for normal Americans.  It is written by and for big business.  While it appears that the bill will include some restrictions and while it requires that it be made public before it is approved (as opposed to keeping the provisions secret for two years after enactment), it is still a bad deal for Americans.

Please write your Representative and Senators as well as the President and anybody else in government that you have time to write.  Below some links to comment.

President Obama    https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/submit-questions-and-comments
Senator Klobuchar  http://www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/email-amy
Senator Franken     https://www.franken.senate.gov/?p=email_al

Thanks for reading and please comment,
The Unabashed Liberal