2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Clinton's opposition to the TPP is insulting [View all]cascadiance
(19,537 posts)Other than those getting paid by their contributors to support it, and feeling they had an excuse to vote for it since they didn't know anything "bad" AT THAT POINT about the TPP or other subsequent trade bills that later will have no opportunity to be filibustered then.
Those DEMOCRATS that voted against TPA were the ones that were thinking about this issue and how they won't be able to stand up for their constituents' interests in subsequent trade bill votes when they voted DOWN the TPA even if it was pushed by Obama and his CORPORATIST BUDDY Republicans along with some CORPORATIST BUDDY Democrats.
Other legislation gets a cloture vote ON THAT LEGISLATION, not some massive bill to get rid of cloture for bills that might be offered SIX YEARS FROM NOW!!!
That is why this "cloture" vote you classify the TPA is NOT "cloture" in the traditional sense of how we have cloture and filibusters, and the corporate owners of our congress knew that. It was those WEASELS' way of working around filibusters and they knew it.