Ron Wyden

Each of these Democrats need to be turned into lobbyists at the earliest opportunity. For three of them, that's January 2017 (click to enlarge and share).

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

Ron Wyden, one second prior to sayingF-U to progressives who oppose TPPby Gaius PubliusIn a late afternoon and evening session, the Senate Finance Committee has approved the Wyden-Hatch Fast Track bill, 20-6. The bill now goes to the Senate floor. The Hill has the story (my emphasis):

Operators are standing by: (202) 225-3121.Seriously. Please call. by Gaius PubliusYou can't make this stuff up; it invents itself faster than you can find and print it. Two quick points, both about TPP and Ron Wyden's Fast Track sell-out.First, AFL-CIO leader Richard Trumka testified before the Senate Finance Committee in opposition to Wyden and Hatch's Fast Track bill.

More true than you know; China wins big if TPP passes (source) by Gaius PubliusWhat we anticipated has occurred. Fast Track, the necessary precursor to the TPP (next-NAFTA) "trade" agreement, has been introduced into the Senate and the House. They're calling it the Hatch-Wyden-Ryan bill, and well they should. ("Ryan" is Paul Ryan, by the way.)Bottom lines first:

​Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), deciding if he wantsto be a senator after 2016 (source)by Gaius PubliusAs predicted, TPP will enter its legislative round next week, with the expected introduction of "Fast Track" enabling legislation.

Schrader/BoehnerBecause most of the more senior Blue Dogs in Congress have been defeated and their caucus utterly decimated in recent electoral cycles, relatively inexperienced Oregon conservative Kurt Schrader has become the chairman of this motley branch of the Republican Wing of the Democratic Party.

Participating in US politics, as a citizen activist, puts you face-to-face with corruption and the ugliness of money-politics.

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)by Gaius PubliusAre progressives willing to attack Ron Wyden on TPP? The question isn't mine — it's from the National Journal (my emphasis throughout):

Will the real Ron Johnson please stand up, please stand upWhen the worst of the Republican crackpot extremists in the Senate tried to filibuster John Walsh's Bring Jobs Home Act (S.2569) even Ted Cruz looked at them like they were crazy.