Tell your Congressman to Vote NO on TPA

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Here are 7 reasons why the House of Representatives should vote NO on TPA (as stated in "7 Reasons Why Trade Promotion Authority/Fast Track Must Be Defeated" by William F. Jasper, TheNewAmerican.com, June 5, 2015):

TPA is essential to passage of the very dangerous TPP and TTIP.
TPA is a "bum's rush" that ratifies a secret, corrupt process and aims to ratify a secret, corrupt product.
TPA is an unconscionable abdication of constitutional responsibility by Congress.
TPA not only hands power to Obama, but to his successor as well.
TPA is another giant step in the unconstitutional transfer of congressional authority to the president.
TPA also challenges the Constitution by violating the requirement that treaties be ratified by a super-majority vote of two-thirds of the U.S. Senate.
The TPA will speed the transfer of immense power to federal and international judges to eviscerate the Constitution; to strike down federal, state, and local laws; and to legislate from the bench.


http://www.jbs.org/legislation/tell-your-congressman-7-reasons-to-vote-no-on-tpa
 
So, from what I'm hearing; since the House passed TPA but not TAA, the legislation passed by the House doesn't match the legislation passed by Senate, therefore there will probably be a re-vote in the House next Tuesday. That's just what I've heard. Is there any truth to that?
 
Ok. So from what I understand now. Since TAA failed, but TPA and the Trade Enforcement and Customs Bills passed, this tanked the entire Fast Track package altogether. Boehner motioned for a reconsideration vote on TAA that could possibly take place next week. That's how I understand it at least.
 
Ok. So from what I understand now. Since TAA failed, but TPA and the Trade Enforcement and Customs Bills passed, this tanked the entire Fast Track package altogether. Boehner motioned for a reconsideration vote on TAA that could possibly take place next week. That's how I understand it at least.

They aren't done, statists never give up. They just shift gears and keep coming.
 
Ok. So from what I understand now. Since TAA failed, but TPA and the Trade Enforcement and Customs Bills passed, this tanked the entire Fast Track package altogether. Boehner motioned for a reconsideration vote on TAA that could possibly take place next week. That's how I understand it at least.

Correct, the current position is to tell congress to vote no on TAA
 
http://hotair.com/archives/2015/06/12/breaking-taa-crushed-126-302/
Update: A Capitol Hill source said this will have to go one of two ways. The House and Senate could go into conference to strip out TAA, but that leaves progressives with nothing at all — and the conference report would still have to pass floor votes in both the House and Senate. That puts everyone back at risk again.

The alternative is to use Boehner’s motion to reconsider the TAA. If that passes, and the source says a vote would probably not take place until Tuesday, then the House and Senate bills will be identical and Obama could just sign it. However, TAA would have to pick up more than 80 votes between now and then. That would mean a large number of Republicans would have to pitch in on TAA. Are there that many to be found? Probably not.
 
Is there a roll call of all the Reps who voted on all 3 of these pieces of legislation?
 
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