Net Neutrality Prevails In Historic FCC Vote
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Posted: 12/03/2014 12:31 am EST Updated: 12/03/2014 11:59 am EST. I think its insane to give Obama some power to negotiate an important treaty in secret without any supervision, not have to account to Congress or the Senate, Phyllis Schlafly, a prominent social conservative best known for opposing the Equal Rights.. C.) told The Huffington Post he would not support a fast-track deal without language declaring currency manipulation an unfair trade practice.
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Former NBC News President Andrew Lack Returns To Network As Chairman
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Criticism, Some From The Right, Builds On GOP Letter To Iran
WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Criticism of 47 Republican senators letter to Iranian leaders escalated Friday, and one of the lawmakers expressed misgivings about writing directly to an adversary to raise doubts about President Barack Obamas nuclear negotiations.
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ISDS has been part of U.S. free trade agreements since NAFTA was signed into law in 1993, and has become a particularly popular tool for multinational firms over the past few years. But while the topic. The Obama administration has not publicly released drafts of the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal that it continues to negotiate with 11 other nations... The Republicans are all for giving the President the Fast Track authority so it cannot be amended before ratification.
San Franciscos Evangelical City Church Will No Longer Ask LGBT Members To.
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President Explains The Obama Doctrine, Defends Iran Deal
President Barack Obama opened up about his so-called Obama doctrine, the overarching principle that guides his foreign policy in places like the Middle East where his administration recently negotiated a framework of a��.
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Snuggie Maker May Owe You Money
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US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy Says Marijuana Can Be Helpful For Some.
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Capital Journal Daybreak: Irans Supreme Leader Holds.
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Credo Action unveiled a petition on Thursday calling on the former secretary of State and Democratic presidential front-runner to publicly oppose trade promotion authority (TPA), also known as fast track, and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). ���We can get a huge boost in our fight to stop this secret trade deal, which is being negotiated behind closed doors by the governments of a dozen countries in collusion with corporate interests, if the next leader of the��.
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Rand Paul, Longtime Foe Of Nation Building, Is Ready Now To Redraw The.
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2013 Trade Data Show Why Fast Tracking a TPP NAFTA.
The only good news in the just-released 2013 U.S. trade data is that it can only reinforce growing congressional and public opposition to more-of-the-same trade agreements... On February 22, U.S. Trade Representative Mike Froman and other TPP-nation trade ministers will meet to try again to hash out a final deal. Meanwhile, in the. TPP is premised on expanding the old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) model to additional nations. The U.S.��.
U.S. Adds 126,000 Jobs In March; Unemployment Rate.
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The Obama administration has not publicly released drafts of the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal that it continues to negotiate with 11 other nations. Progressive opponents have said the deal could undermine key rules and exacerbate income inequality.
Lawmakers Unveil Secretly Negotiated Deal To Fast-Track Free Trade
WASHINGTON -- Congress tax committees announced an agreement Thursday to speed through a bill to give President Barack Obama the fast-track authority that he will need to push mammoth new trade deals through Congress. While many believed a deal was in.
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St. Louis County Police Chief: Officers Shot In Ferguson Were Nearly Killed
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Capitol Hill Lawmakers Meet The Malala Of Africa
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Prison Quotas Push Lawmakers To Fill Beds, Derail Reform
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