Fast Track

Washingtonpost.com caption: President Barack Obama wins a victory in the Senate on re-writing the rules of international trade.by KenIf you've been following Gaius Publius' coverage of the administration's all-out effort to ram through Congress so-called Fast Track authority, as a prelude to getting the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (and who knows what all else, for up to six years,

Click image to enlarge; click here to contribute to Russ Feingold and other Blue America candidatesby Gaius PubliusWe recently discussed the "Fast Track" method by which Dodd-Frank legislation can be overturned without going th

Obama’s Presidential Library as envisaged by the Chicago firm HOK. Like Star Fleet Academy, but with corporate funding (discussed here).

Chuck Schumer in the 1960s, competing for James Madison High School on the It’s Academic television quiz show (source) by Gaius Publius Here's the Washington Post's headline:Schumer at Center of Democrats’ Trade DramaBut as the article makes clear, "Schumer is at the center of Dem trade drama" is

"Progressive" Rep. Earl Blumenauer gets a Fast Track talking toby Gaius PubliusAs we reported, TPP lost its first major vote in the Senate when Fast Track enabling legislation (formally, "Trade Promotion Authority") failed to clear the 60-vote barrier:

UPDATE: Fast Track fails in the Senate, 52–45 (three senators not voting) U.S. Trade Deficit since 1960. NAFTA was signed in 1993.by Gaius PubliusAs we near critical votes in the House and Senate on Fast Track and TPP, I've been looking for a whip list, a list of who's likely to vote how.

In this video, "Gap" is a proxy for the whole industry, including Nike. To learn about the problem with subcontractors, start watching at 10:30.by Gaius PubliusNike is ground zero for "made in Asia" shoe apparel. President Obama is ground zero for "let's send more jobs to Asia and claim the opposite." I'm not sure it benefits either to put the two together.

The Establishment-- the Democratic Party Establishment-- has fallen to new lows. Wall Street growled about cutting DNC, DSCC and DCCC funding because of Elizabeth Warren and BOOM!... Chuck Schumer, the biggest recipient of Wall Street bribes, excluding presidential candidates, in history is on the road to be the new Senate Democratic Leader.

How the Tea Party sees Fast Track (source)by Gaius PubliusIn covering the TPP battle between President Obama and the CEO class on the one side, and most of the rest of the country on the other, I've noted that the Tea Party right is as opposed as the "professional" left. (My own TPP coverage is collected here.)Now comes more evidence of that.

Democrats playing "Follow the Neo-Liberal Leader" by Gaius PubliusThis is a "bring you up to date" post for those following TPP.