CALL NOW! Another Fast Track vote imminent
The so-called free trade bill is being pushed again in the House, with all its harmful features expanding Presidential control of immigration, bringing in unlimited numbers of immigrants.
We are forwarding the alert from the Citizens Trade Campaign which targets Representatives who continue to support these bad trade bills. Please call or email again. Thank you!
Call Representative Earl Blumenauer: 202-225-4811, or in Oregon: 503-231-2300
Webform for email: Click Contact on the homepage of his website: http://blumenauer.house.gov
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from Citizens Trade Campaign, June 17, 2015:
Fast Track Vote Imminent: Please Contact Your Rep Again Now
Apparently, some politicians didn’t get the message after last week’s vote blocking Fast Track legislation from moving forward in the House. As I write this, the House Rules Committee is meeting to discuss a new scheme that would allow Fast Track to be voted on again this Thursday.
TAKE ACTION: Please tell Congress again now to vote NO on Fast Track.
There’s a reason we were able to block Fast Track in the House last week: you and countless others keep telling Congress in no uncertain terms that you want "No Fast Track for the TPP!" We can't let up now.
Corporate lobbyists' and certain political elites' attempt to try ramming Fast Track legislation through again so soon after last week's failure � possibly as early as this Thursday � is a desperate movmove. I have every confidence we can stop them again, but we need your support once more.
Tell Congress enough is enough, and to say NO to Fast Track for the TPP.
You know as well as I do that the stakes here are very high. If passed, Fast Track would create a virtual rubber-stamp for dangerous trade agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) that threaten jobs, wages, the environment, public health and more in your community and communities throughout the world.
As House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi wrote recently in USA Today, "As we look to the future, it is clear that this debate on the trade authority is probably the last of it’s kind. The intense debate of the past few weeks has further convinced me that we need a new paradigm."
Fast Track legislation really did take a major blow last week. Winning this vote should knock Fast Track out for good. Please take action now.
Sincerely,
Arthur Stamoulis, Executive Director
CITIZENS TRADE CAMPAIGN
http://www.citizenstrade.org/
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From the Oregon Fair Trade Campaign:
We just found out that a stand-alone Fast Track bill for the TPP is going for a vote in the House tomorrow.
Congresswoman Bonamici has said publicly that she would not vote for Fast Track without Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA). TAA helps workers whose jobs have been displaced by trade. We need to make sure she keeps her word and votes NO on Fast Track this time.
We need tons of constituent calls telling her to stand by her word and stand with Oregonians by voting NO on Fast Track when it comes for a vote tomorrow (Thursday). Please call her offices as soon as possible, and spread the word!
DC Office: (202) 225-0855
Oregon Office: (503) 469-6010
Script:
Hi, my name is ______ and I’m calling from __[City]__. Congresswoman Bonamici has said publicly that she would not vote for the Fast Track bill without Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA). I’m calling as a constituent to ask her to keep her word and vote NO on the stand-alone Fast Track bill tomorrow [THURSDAY, JUNE 18].
Thank you! Let’s win this!
Elizabeth Swager & Robyn Gottlieb
Oregon Fair Trade Campaign
