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From EFF:
The U.S. Senate has paved the way for the passage of Fast Track legislation, to give the White House and the U.S. Trade Representative almost unilateral power to negotiate and finalize secret anti-user trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Yesterday a "cloture" vote was held—this was a vote to end debate on Fast Track and break any possibility for a filibuster, and it passed by the minimum votes needed—60 to 37. Today, the Senate voted to pass the legislation itself. TPP proponents only needed 51 votes, a simple majority, to actually pass the bill, and they got it in a 60 to 38 vote. Following months and months of campaigning, Congress has ultimately caved to corporate demands to hand away its own constitutional mandate over trade, and the President is expected to the sign the bill into law as early as tonight or later this week.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 25 2015, @03:08AM
What is really sad about that is how many educated people believe votes matter. It is like those sorry SOBs that go into the military thinking their service and death means something. If only people read their history and listen to the generations that already figured this out.
(Score: 2) by Zz9zZ on Thursday June 25 2015, @03:51AM
I was about to post something similar. Votes only matter on some specific issues, mostly local, and even then its a crap shoot against corporate lobbying. I've been chuckling (sadly) to myself for a while now when people get all upset over non-voters.
~Tilting at windmills~