Heads Up! Senate Puts Obama On Fast-Track to TPP -Video

THE TPP HAS NOT PASSED! THE TPA (FAST-TRACK) PASSED!
With a 60-38 vote, the Senate adopted the law giving President Obama the power to “fast-track” talks on free-trade pacts such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) after months of fierce debate in both houses of the Congress.

Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), as the measure is called, means that Congress will only get to vote up or down on the treaties in question once they are finalized by the White House, without the ability to offer amendments.

Labor unions and liberal Democrats had fought hard against the authority and are likely to now turn their attention toward stopping the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a trade deal Obama is negotiating with 12 other Pacific Rim nations.

After the measure barely squeaked by with 60 votes in favor, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama) accused the US government of not serving the needs of its citizens, saying the White House “broke arms and heads” to scrape up the required majority.

Anti-trade Democrats say the battle now shifts to approval of the TPP, which will need only 50 votes to pass the Senate under the protections of fast-track.

“When the inexcusable and anti-democratic veil of secrecy surrounding the TPP is finally lifted and the American people see what is actually in the agreement, they are going to force their representatives in Washington to vote that deal down,” said Robert Weissman, the president of Public Citizen, an outspoken opponent of Obama’s trade agenda.

Read More:
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/24…

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politic…

http://qz.com/432765/us-opponents-of-…

http://rt.com/usa/269497-senate-tpa-o…

THIS HEADLINE IS FALSE IN REGARDS TO TPP PASSING:
http://www.infowars.com/tpp-passes-ob…