{"id":15975,"date":"2015-06-08T03:12:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T03:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=15975"},"modified":"2015-06-08T03:15:04","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T03:15:04","slug":"15975","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=15975","title":{"rendered":"Rand Paul Insists on Release of TPP Trade Deal Text"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rand Paul demands White House release trade deal text immediately<\/h1>\n
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By Rebecca Shabad<\/p>\n

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Saturday it \u201cboggles the mind\u201d that the White House has not yet released the text of trade deal it\u2019s pushing, known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).<\/p>\n

\u201cIt kind of boggles the mind,\u201d Paul said in an interview with Breitbart News. \u201cWho\u2019s in charge of the administration that decides to keep a trade treaty secret? To keep it classified makes no sense at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paul said the administration should immediately release the text of the trade deal so members of the Senate can decide how to vote later on.<\/p>\n

The Senate recently voted to fast-track the trade deal, which would allow an up-or-down vote on it. House GOP leaders could hold the fast-track vote as early as next week despite opposition from groups in both parties.
\n\u201cTo me, it\u2019s kind of you put the cart before the horse to give the permission to do something you haven\u2019t seen,\u201d Paul said. \u201cThey claim you\u2019ll get to see it, again but you\u2019ll only get an up-or-down vote with no amendments. Also, they get rid of some of the rules on \u2014 I guess it\u2019s not, you can\u2019t filibuster it either. It passes with a simple majority.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paul explained he has proposed legislation that would require the Senate to wait one day before a vote is held for every 20 pages of legislation.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo 800-page legislation [like Obamatrade] would wait 40 days. You\u2019d wait 40 days so we\u2019d have adequate time to read it. Yeah, I\u2019m a believer that we should read legislation before we vote on it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last month, Secretary of State John Kerry said the final text of the trade deal would be made public at a minimum of 60 days before President Obama would sign it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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