What a ruthless game this man plays with our Constitution, the one he feels has too many constraints.

[easymoney]

President Obama is seeking power the Constitution has assigned to Congress. Soon, he will formally ask Congress to surrender its constitutional authority and grant him “Fast Track” Trade Promotion Authority.

And House Republicans are inexplicably ready to give it to him.

Members of Congress who take our Constitution seriously will follow Nancy Reagan’s advice and Just Say No.

Article One, Section 8 of the Constitution assigns Congress the exclusive responsibility to set the terms of “commerce with foreign nations” -- trade. The Founders established this clear check and balance to prevent the president from unilaterally negotiating deals that reward his supporters while harming opponents or the nation as a whole.

Under Fast Track, Obama would be able to sign commercial trade agreements before Congress votes on them. Congress would not even be able to amend the agreements in any way -- it would only have an up-or-down vote when the president says so, before members could even read it.

While Congress has delegated authority to presidents in the past, it was based on the premise that the legislative branch could trust the executive branch to respect Congress’ constitutional role. This administration has breached that trust. 

From the abuse of executive orders, to recess appointments, to the stonewalling of congressional oversight on Fast and Furious, Benghazi, NSA, IRS intimidation, and other scandals, this administration has shown contempt for the constitutionally mandated co-equal role of the Congress.

Given this record, Congress must not cede its constitutional authority and instead reject President Obama’s request for “Fast Track Trade Promotion Authority.”

President Obama wants fast track power so he can conclude the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), an expansive system of global governance that would deal a mortal blow to American sovereignty and our Constitution.

Fast track overrides the Constitution once -- the Trans-Pacific Partnership overrides it forever.

TPP is billed a free trade agreement, but it is actually protectionism for Wall Street bailout banks, insurance and drug companies profiting off Obamacare, and the corporatists pushing open borders and amnesty under the rubric of “immigration reform.” The cronies with “access” in Washington are writing the deal while the rest of us are shut out.

TPP would subject the U.S. to the jurisdiction of foreign tribunals under the authority of the World Bank and United Nations. These unelected, unaccountable panels would constitute a judicial authority higher than the U.S. Supreme Court. They would have the power to overrule federal court rulings and order payment of U.S. tax dollars to enforce the special privileges granted to foreign firms that would be exempt from EPA and other regulations that strangle American firms.

U.S. Trade Representative Mike Froman and his predecessor have said TPP is not about trade between independent nations, but about “integrating our economies” under a flag of global government. The European Union superstate, a graveyard of sovereign nations, was originally sold to citizens as a plan for “integrating economies.”

All trade agreements come with predictions of new jobs for Americans, but those promises are always empty. Obama said our free-trade deal with Korea would be a major job creator, but after it went into effect, sales of U.S. goods fell and imports from Korea rose. When you hear someone say TPP will create jobs, hold on to your wallet.

Chinese companies are already investing heavily in Vietnam to gain duty-free access to the American market under TPP and destroy the textile, shrimp, and catfish industries in the Southeast, a region that voted against Obama. 

We’re also told TPP shows our Asian allies we’re serious about confronting China. But it would actually weaken the U.S. As the Chinese People’s Liberation Army uses every means possible to infiltrate our command and control systems, TPP bans Buy American policies that require crucial equipment for our troops be produced in the U.S. We don’t need TPP to stop China’s military expansion - we need to tell the same crowd pushing TPP to stop transferring their capital and technology to that communist dictatorship.

The American-in-name-only insiders who get special treatment in Washington will say anything to put their gravy train on the fast track. It’s up to those who love liberty, the Constitution, and the United States of America to slam on the brakes and tell Congress to say no to Obama’s next power grab.

[XLFD]

Easy,

Could you provide a source for this informative article?  I hope to presume the House of Representatives will shoot such a power grab down if it's attempted.

[easymoney]

It came from Brietbart, but I can't find it now. Left off the headline so as not to get all the garbage.

Will continue to search.

[AQUAMAN]

These so-called constraints in the Constitution were established by our fore-fathers for very specific purposes. First as a check and balance system so cronies couldn't fix the agenda, and also, more importantly, to protect our own US labor force from losing jobs to foreigners. That all changed in 1992 when NAFTA/GATT was passed. The last 20 years since has shown more lost industry and jobs here than probably the last 100 years combined. When Ross Perot said NAFTA/GATT would be like a sucking sound of jobs going overseas, the R & D's both laughed, and told the public it would never happen. Now look at us, and look at this TPP proposal to simply compound what is already out of control. And we elect these clowns to high office?

[Willy]

With all of the RINO's in Congress it would not surprise me at all if they allowed Obama to grab more power.

[easymoney]

The only thing important to any of them in DC, is re-election. Proves the old saying, power corrupts. It's a mental thing.

Just for the record, I've voted independent all my life. When I had government in high school, late 50's, we were taught, vote for the individual, never party. Hell, I voted for Barry Goldwater, cause he spoke the truth about Viet Nam, and what really needed to be done, but, no-one wanted to hear the truth.

You can say what you want about Ted Cruze, but that's the platform he ran on for election, and he's sticking to it. Now, if the rest of these politicans would stick to the platform they ran on, instead of empty promises, maybe things would be different.

[XLFD]

Once a politician gains their office they can easily forget the duties of that office over the privileges, perquisites, and power that come with it.  Much of the time the press and progressive political partisans go after the people that are doing what's proper, which can make it difficult to continue down that road for some.  McCain and Grahamnesty are the best examples.