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Last month, Republican members of the House Ways and Means Committee introduced a series of bills to strengthen the integrity…
Read More (Ways and Means One Step Ahead of New CNN Investigation)This morning, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) is out with a new video that talks about what TPA—or trade promotion authority—is…
Read More (NEW VIDEO: Speaker Boehner Puts TPA in Focus)Why now? What’s the urgency for trade promotion authority (TPA)? That’s the question some ask as the House moves toward…
Read More (The Time for TPA Is Now)We’ve documented how much rural America stands to gain from trade. Huge new markets in which to sell American agricutlural…
Read More (American Farm Bureau: Pass TPA)The federal government recently revised its estimate of first-quarter GDP growth from a 0.2 percent increase to a 0.7 percent…
Read More (Free Trade and Good Jobs)“As conservatives, we have always believed in free trade—because free trade is essential to free enterprise.” That was part of the message…
Read More (Free Trade and Free Enterprise)Fifty-eight percent—that’s how many Americans think trade agreements are good for the U.S., according to survey results released today by…
Read More (Clear Majority of Americans Support Free Trade, Says Pew Survey)By The Editors, National Review Sometimes, politics deals Republicans a winning hand, and that confuses some of them, who then…
Read More (National Review: Yes to Trade Promotion Authority National Review Editorial)By Charles Krauthammer That free trade is advantageous to both sides is the rarest of political propositions—provable, indeed…
Read More (Krauthammer: Vote for TPA Washington Post op-ed)“TPA grants no new authority to the President,” says a new report by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. “The President…
Read More (CRS: TPA Gives ‘No New Authority’ to the President, Says New Report)