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Chief Obamatrade proponent House Ways and Means Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) admitted during Congressional testimony on Wednesday evening that despite tons of claims from him and other Obamatrade supporters to the contrary, the process is highly secretive. He also made a gaffe in his House Rules Committee testimony on par with former Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s push to pass Obamacare, in which she said infamously said: “we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it.”

“I would rather Barack Obama not be negotiating for me right now, but he’s going to be there for about 20 more months, and this deal needs to be transparent, and that’s my greatest concern — is the lack of transparency in this piece of legislation,” Perry reportedly said in Iowa.

A log inside the secret room is kept listing any members who go read the TPP text, but Breitbart News can confirm that the log listing the senators who have actually read what they’re about to vote on is also kept secret from the public. That means Americans have no way of knowing—outside of their members of Congress confirming publicly they’ve visited the room to read the TPP text—whether their members of Congress have any clue what it is they are voting on.

Discovered inside the huge tranche of secretive Obamatrade documents released by Wikileaks are key details on how technically any Republican voting for Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) that would fast-track trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal would technically also be voting to massively expand President Obama’s executive authority when it comes to immigration matters.

It’s quite incredible that Boehner’s team is unable to get their message through to members themselves—and means that essentially the establishment is not even getting their phone calls returned from House Republicans.

In fact, the situation is devolving so rapidly out of control for leadership that at a “Whip Briefing” for legislative staffers on Monday, GOP leadership officials wouldn’t even commit that there will ever be a vote to pass Obamatrade—never mind confirm when.

Freshman GOP congresswoman Rep. Mimi Walters (R-CA) has been on television pushing Obamatrade—appearing Monday on Morning Joe on MSNBC to do so—but her office admits publicly she hasn’t read the bill she wants to fast-track through Congress.

In this week’s GOP address, Rep. Pat Tiberi (R_OH) promoted the controversial Trade Promotion Authority, which he argued will lead to better trade agreements because, presently, President Barack Obama can negotiate secretly, more jobs and higher pay for workers in America.

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest, has written a scathing new letter to President Barack Obama pressuring him to explain why Obamatrade has been so secretive.

State Sen. Kelli Ward, a conservative Republican and family practice physician who’s considering running against McCain, told Breitbart News exclusively that she doesn’t believe the secrecy surrounding Obamatrade is the way government should operate.

In a statement provided exclusively to Breitbart News, Huckabee noted that almost every member of Congress who supports granting President Barack Obama Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) to fast-track his Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Pacific Rim trade deal has yet to visit the secret room inside the Capitol to read it.

Carly Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO and 2016 Republican presidential candidate, is calling on President Barack Obama to publicly release the text of Obamatrade immediately.

Two members of House GOP leadership—Majority Whip Steve Scalise and Rules Committee chairman Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX)—refused to admit through spokespersons to Breitbart News whether they have read the text of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Pacific Rim trade deal, but they still support granting President Barack Obama the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) to fast track it.

The American Action Network, an independent advocacy organization with ties to House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), has announced a $900,000 campaign to push for passage of Trade Promotion Authority, a key component of President Obama’s trade agenda.

J.D. Winteregg, the conservative primary challenger to House Speaker John Boehner, is slamming Boehner for not being transparent when it comes to Obamatrade.

President Obama, in his push to pass the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), said it would keep China from controlling the region – encouraging the Senate to pass the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) last month, which allows him to fast-track negotiations and finalize the TPP.

Now Obama is saying China could join the agreement, according to Politico.

Only two GOP presidential candidates currently in the U.S. Senate publicly admit to have read the Obamatrade agreement prior to voting on it: Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Rand Paul (R-KY).

In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News, former U.S. Navy SEAL Commander Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT) confirmed that he was against TPA—and questions, given Obama’s controversial Iranian and Cuban negotiations, why any Republican who believes in a strong national defense would allow him more authority to negotiate with foreign leaders.

On Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot channel 125 from 7PM to 10PM EST, host Matthew Boyle will be discussing the most important news stories of the week. The show will focus on the latest developments in the 2016 presidential campaign, the Obamatrade deal and the attacks on American civil liberties and individual rights.

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said that it was “conceivable” the AFL-CIO might not endorse Hillary Clinton and warned her of the consequences of taking the wrong position on trade in an interview with USA Today’s “Capital Download” released on Thursday. Trumka said (relevant remarks

House Ways and Means Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) blasted out a press release on Thursday proclaiming that a majority of Americans support Obamatrade. To back up his point, he cites a new Pew Research Center survey released this week.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) isn’t a presidential candidate yet. But a primary vote for Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) may just as well be a vote for Graham, as the two see eye-to-eye on many of the issues central to 2016 voters.

Talk radio host Rush Limbaugh argued that “odds are the United States is gonna take it in the shorts” on TPA and TPP on Friday. Rush, after agreeing with a caller that there is a large deal hypocrisy on the

Matt Drudge took to Twitter to deliver an ongoing tirade against Republicans’ eagerness to deliver a fast-track trade bill to President Obama’s desk. The bill’s details have not been made public — which hasn’t stopped Republicans from surrendering Congress’s power to make amendments to a president’s future trade deals.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) says passing a pending trade agreement would be “a continuation of failed trade policy” that has resulted in the loss of tens of thousands of manufacture facilities and American jobs. He added that corporations have had to shut down in America and move to China and Mexico – losing thousands of jobs here in the United States.

The PATRIOT Act filibuster that Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) led on Wednesday evening has proven one big thing: That his colleague from Kentucky, the Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate, agrees with his predecessor that there shouldn’t be open process or debate when the Senate considers major pieces of legislation.

The news of an organized—and fairly impressive—House Republican backstop against Obamatrade comes as U.S. Senate Republicans are rushing the TPA fast-track through their chamber of Congress as fast they can.

On Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot channel 125 from 7PM to 10PM EST, host Matthew Boyle and co-host Raheem Kassam will be discussing the most important news stories of the week. The show will focus on the latest developments in the 2016 presidential campaign, the Obamatrade deal and the bombshell allegations from Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large Peter Schweizer’s new book, Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich.

An embattled Republican, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, joined an embattled Democrat, ABC This Week host George Stephanopoulos, in a rare showing of bipartisan support for the Hillary Clinton-backed Obamatrade deal on Sunday morning.

Rep. Paul Ryan went on in his CNBC interview to push even harder for Obamatrade, arguing that America’s “credibility is at stake.”

Secrets not revealed: Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)—an opponent of the secretive Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) that would fast-track the Pacific Rim trade deal Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)—went inside the secret room inside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday morning to read the TPP text. He wasn’t allowed to discuss the details of the pact, however.

Mike Huckabee, a 2016 GOP presidential candidate, says Republicans should leave President Barack Obama’s trade agenda dead rather than hurting American workers with a big secret trade deal none of them have read.