Vicki needham so, obviously right now, congress is working on trade promotion authority. Could you explain what that is . What that means or the trade agreements . And why you are opposed to that right now . Congressman sander levin well it is fasttrack. What it means is that the negotiating is being done. And all we have at the end is yes or no. We cant do any amendment. So that makes it all the more important that we get tpp right before we fasttrack it. And we dont lose our leverage. That is what this is really all about. I am in favor of expanded trade. I would like to see a tpp i could support, but right now, i cannot because that is why tpa is having trouble because tpp is not on the right track. Host congressman, before we go too far, tpp, tpa, you have to explain those outside of washington. Congressman sander levin tpa, trade promotion authority, that is what is called fasttrack. What it means is the negotiating is undertaken by ustr, by the trade representative. And at the en
Freedom summit yesterday. He is expected to be the seventh republican to officially enter the 2016 president ial race. It is sunday morning, may 10. A very happy mothers day. Both the house and senate are in session this week. The president spending his week in washington, including his presentation on tuesday in a Georgetown University sponsored function on poverty of america. He is also meeting with the king of saudi arabia, that is scheduled for thursday. We will begin this morning with highlights from the Citizens United forum live in greenville, South Carolina. The full event is on our website, cspan. Org. As the race begins to take shape, what do you think the republican message will be to voters . How do you think democrats will respond. Lines are open. 202 7488000 for democrats. If you are republican, we want to hear from you, that line is 202 7488001. We also have a line for independents. Join in on the conversation on our Facebook Page, or send us a tweet at cspanwj. We will
Are eight definite. Definites. And there are others out there. But there are some republicans who are opposed, even though some republicans have said they would vote to proceed with the bill, at least move to an open debate on it. But it has they have two weeks coming up to get it done. Host some of those republicans up in 2016. What happens then . The senate, if they are able to get it done, what happens in the house deco house . Emma dumain i was going to say, the numbers in the house tricky. There are more members obviously. If you are not the whip, it is harder for vicki and i to even put the numbers on the table about where people are. A few of the House Democrats i was speaking to lessig who are either for or against tpa and are being very vocal about it said, you know, very few democrats have very few democrats are get to make up their minds. That is to say, there are a very few number of democrats who are for it or against it. And no those are the members that president obama a
Trade representative. And at the end, all congress can do is to say yes or no. There is the argument that we could withdraw it, but we have that power now. And that is why there are other techniques to withdraw, but that is not going to happen because we can already do it. Host and tpp . Congressman sander levin the Transpacific Partnership. A dozen countries. This is an expanded trade effort. 40 of the gdp. That is why it is so important we get it right because it is important document and trade agreement. Host ok. Go ahead with your next question. Emma dumain i was going to followup on vickis question. What do you need to see in order to get to a yes on a trade deal . I know you had a substitute amendment that you offered in the ways and Means Committee during the markup of this negotiated measure for trade promotion authority. It was ultimately ruled out of order. Your democratic leader, nancy pelosi, has said that this is hopefully not the end. That we can negotiate some of these t
That is to say, there are a very few number of democrats who are for it or against it. And no those are the members that president obama and joe biden need to lobby one way or the other, the pending on with it are. Host in the pool of House Democrats who have said yes . Vicki needham 10 that are for sure yes. And about 26 have decided for sure. But there is another huge pot of undecided, and we figured that they are in several different batches. The ones that are going to say yes now, the ones who are going to say no now, and the ones who are going to stand on the floor and wait to see if the vote is needed. Emma dumain and i think republicans fall into that category as well. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] announcer peter nowak says we are in a new era of robotics technology. 2015 was the year of robot angst. Now one day wen