We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Toilet Paper Pact!

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I’m really disappointed in Ron Wyden, one of the Fast Track co-sponsors. He should know better.

Originally posted on Wolfessblog -- Guillotine mediocrity in all its forms!:

Published on Wednesday, April 22, 2015

by Common Dreams



Democratic Trade War: Obama Says Warren ‘Wrong’ on TPP as Reid Says ‘Hell No’ to Fast Track

Split among Democratic lawmakers front and center as push for corporate-friendly trade pact heads for key votes in Congress

by
Jon Queally, staff writer

At a labor rally last week, Sen. Elizabeth Warren said workers “have to fight back” against corporate-friendly deals like TPP. “I’m proud to be with you and I’m going to be with you all the way,” she said. (Image: Screengrab/AFL-CIO)

President Obama on Tuesday evening said that progressives like Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) who have called out the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement for being a corporate-power grab and have vowed to defeat legislation designed to ram it through Congress are simply “wrong” when it comes to the pending deal between the U.S. and 11 Asian and Pacific nations.

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