Barack Obama

the full TPP agreement will be made public before the debate and vote on it:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/22/business/obama-fast-track-pacific-trade-deal.html?_r=0

When I posted this in GD one of the first responses was, "the link doesn't specify whether the total agreement will be made public or not?"

I then pointed out the following from the article:


" The president would have to notify Congress of the accord’s completion 90 days before he intends to sign it, a delay similar to past requirements. But in a new twist, the full agreement would have to be made public for 60 days before the president gives his final assent and sends it to Congress. Congress could not begin considering it for 30 days after that."

I received no follow-up response from that, but as far as I am concerned it is pretty clear that the "full agreement" will be made public.

Since President Obama took office, he has been criticized on almost everything he has done. Perhaps you don't remember how bad it was during the ACA talks. The GD forum was immersed in bashing the President, accusing him of everything under the book.

There are so many instance of some folks just flying off the handle against the President before the full facts are known.

What the President has accomplished in spite of all the antagonism that has been thrown his way is nothing short of amazing.

That does not mean everything he does is right, but he tries to do the right thing.

Is the TPP the right thing to do? I don't know. It is a complicated trade agreement. There are Democratic opponents of the bill, and from everything I have seen we will get to see the full bill before the debate and vote, contrary to what some claim here.

The vote will be an up or down vote, no amendments or modifications will be allowed. Historically, what I understand, that is the way most international trade agreements are done.