GOP senators mum on reading of Obamatrade

In March 2010, then-Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi made national headlines for pressing for approval of Obamacare despite the fact congressional members hadn’t had time to read the massive text, telling her colleagues and the nation “we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it,” various media reported.

 

David Limbaugh’s book chillingly documents the destructive “transformation” of the United States — get “The Great Destroyer: Barack Obama’s War on the Republic”

 

Now, a handful of Republicans on Capitol Hill seem to be striking a similar tone with the secretive Trans Pacific Partnership Pacific Rim trade deal and the fast-track Obama seeks – the Trade Promotion Authority – to press its provisions absent hefty congressional oversight and approval.

 

Breitbart asked Scalise and Sessions, both of whom reportedly support Obama’s fast-track request, if they’ve read the bill that’s been dubbed Obamatrade. And their response? Breitbart reported they refused to say.

 

Jill Shatzen, a spokesperson for Sessions, sent Breitbart an email to answer whether he’s been in the secret room in the Capitol established for the reading of the TPP, and whether he’d support fast-track for Obama even if he hadn’t read the document.

 

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