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Fast Track

Gotta Cigarette? How the Tobacco Companies are Gaining Ground in Promoting Coffin Nails for the World Through the TPP

Mary Anne Mercer | Posted 05.29.2013 | World
Read More: Fast Track, Tobacco Companies, Trade, Trade Barriers, Public Health, Tpp, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Tobacco Industry, Tobacco, Access to Medicines, Fair Trade, Tobacco Regulation, Australia, Wto, Smoking, Cigarettes, Cigarette Smoking, World News
Mary Anne Mercer

Tobacco regulation is just one example of how the TPP will have damaging effects on the world we live in. We need to expose the deadly flaws in these behind-closed-doors negotiations now, before it's too late.

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One More Scandal?

Lori Wallach | Posted 05.20.2013 | Politics
Read More: Tpp, Fast Track, Richard Nixon, Trade, President Obama, Free Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Job-Offshoring, Barack Obama, Politics News
Lori Wallach

What do a zombie, handcuffs, a steamroller and a legislative luge run for job-killing trade agreements all have in common? They're all apt metaphors of an expired, scandalously anti-democratic procedure called Fast Track.

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Can Boehner Count Votes?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Vote Count, Tea Party, Kucinich, House, John Boehner, Budget, Congress, UN Dues, Libertarian, Whip, Republican, Fast Track, Tea Party Republican, Deficit, Pelosi, Patriot Act, Count, Vote, Chris Weigant, Nancy Pelosi, Speaker, Republicans, Boehner, Whip Count, Kevin McCarthy, Senate, Politics News
Chris Weigant

John Boehner is having a rough week, but the real fight within the Republican Party has only just begun.

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Say NO to the Fast-Track Commission

Ashley B. Carson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Alliance for Retired Americans, Aauw, Fast Track, National Organization for Women, Older Women's League, Social Security, Kent Conrad, Owl, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, Wow, Judd Gregg, Afscme, Older-Womens-League, Politics News
Ashley B. Carson

WASHINGTON, DC - On Tuesday, January 19, 2010 OWL, AFSCME Retirees, AFT Program on Retirement and Retirees, Alliance for Retired Americans, American A...

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Diet Books: Lose The Thanksgiving 5 Pounds Before They Become The Christmas 10 (PHOTOS, POLL)

The Huffington Post | Amy Hertz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Fast Track, Diet Books, Weight Loss, Holiday News, Slidepoll, Biggest Loser, Flat Belly Diet, The Spectrum, The Zone, Eat to Live, Skinny Bitch, Hungry Girl, Books, Diets, Eat This Not That, Dieting, Books News

Most of the weight we gain every year is during the holidays, the kick off is Thanksgiving. Why wait for New Year's to make a run at those extra pound...

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Is Cap-And-Trade Dead This Year?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Cap and Trade, Gas Prices, Foreign Oil, Cloture, President Obama, Economy, Washington, Filibuster, Democratic, Obama, Lightswitch Tax, Conventional Wisdom, Filibuster Proof, Republican, Cap-and-Trade, Budget Reconciliation, Health Care, Reconciliation, Energy, Gas, House, Budget, Democrat, Congress, Energy Policy, Democrats, Barack Obama, Fast Track, Education, Wall Street, Chris Weigant, Tax, Oil, Senate, Healthcare, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Democrats are all but admitting that they're killing off cap-and-trade for this year's legislative season. When the time comes, they will be blaming the Republicans, even though their own cowardice is the real culprit.

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