by MATTHEW BOYLE AND GARRETT RENO, May 20, 2015

...Rep. David McKinley (R-WV) is also a no on Obamatrade fast track, writing back in February in his local newspaper the Wheeling News-Register that it would be a “mistake” to grant Obama fast-track authority.

“President Obama has consistently broken his trust with the American people on immigration, health care, and foreign policy yet he is now asking for expanded power to negotiate trade deals, but without input from Congress,” McKinley wrote:

This authority is called “fast-track” and would allow the President to negotiate wide-ranging deals behind closed doors with nations in Asia and South America as well as the European Union. Any deal he makes would receive a rushed vote on the House floor with no amendments and limited debate. In fact, the Obama Administration is already negotiating these deals in secret. The draft agreements are treated like state secrets, meaning lawmakers may only review them under strict rules – no notes, no copies, no staff.

Given his track record of broken promises and circumventing Congress, why should the American people trust that any agreement President Obama negotiates will be in their best interest? There is concern in Congress on both sides of the aisle that he will not cut a fair deal.

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