Today’s Senate cloture vote is the last and best chance for conservatives to stop Obamatrade.  Just 41 Senate votes against cloture would stop it in its tracks.  During previous votes, the Republican leadership had enough votes sewed up.  Not this time. Opposition has been growing.  The first time Obamatrade was voted upon in the House, only 34 Republicans voted against it.  The second time, 50 Republicans voted against it. Conservatives believe in free trade.  But free trade works only when it is balanced.  Obamatrade enables currency manipulation, the chief method through which Japan, Malaysi,a and Vietnam, three of our Trans-Pacific Partners, give hidden subsidies to their products and charge hidden tariffs upon U.S. products so as to give their countries increasing trade surpluses and give the U.S. worsening trade deficits. Conservatives believe in economic growth, but the record of past trade deals suggests that Obamatrade would...(Read Full Post)