JUNE 17, 2015
86 House Republicans voted to increase taxes to pay for Obamatrade
FAIRFAX, Va. – Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning recently issued the following statement blasting 86 House Republicans who voted for trade adjustment assistance, legislation that will increase taxes to make payments to unions affected by the Trans-Pacific Partnership:
"It is almost incomprehensible that 86 House Republicans were so desperate to make an Obamatrade deal that they voted to increase taxes to pay off big labor – all to make Obamatrade more palatable to Democrats. No deal was better than a bad deal, and yet these 86 Republicans decided the trade bill was more important than increasing their constituents' taxes to make payments to labor unions. Any member considering voting for trade adjustment assistance next week should well consider the political consequences of voting to increase taxes to pay off big labor to grant Obama more power to regulate the global economy."
Visit http://clerk.house.gov/evs/ 2015/roll361.xml for a list of the 86 House Republicans who voted for trade adjustment assistance, June 12, 2015.
