Call Congress, Call Congress, Call Congress – Say 'No Fast Track'
If we swamp them with phone calls, we will deliver a powerful message that can overpower the big corporate money that is pushing fast track and the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
It’s up to you now. Call your representative today. Call, call, call.The House of Representatives is getting ready to vote on fast track – any day now. Call and demand they vote NO on fast track. If we swamp them with phone calls, we will deliver a powerful message that can overpower the big corporate money that is pushing fast track and the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Fast track trade authority legislation essentially preapproves the TPP even though it is still secret. TPP would be a disaster for our country. Fast track forces Congress to vote on TPP before the pubic has time to fully “get” what’s going on, with little debate and no amendments.
Get Your Representative On The Record
Let your representative know you oppose Fast Track. Call, call, call.
See if you can get her or him on the record.Will he or she vote for fast track?Has your representative read the TPP? (If the answer is no, point out they shouldn’t be voting on something as major as preapproving TPP if they have not read it.)
Does you representative know how big our country’s trade deficit is? (It was $505 billion last year, $51.4 billion in March.)
Public Locked Out
TPP is still secret for We the People, but Congress is about to vote to preapprove it.For example, to make the point Tuesday a faith leader, a nurse, an environmental activist, a veteran, a postal worker and a student walked to the United States Trade Representative’s office to ask to read the text. They were locked out.
Arriving at the office: