Congress is supposed to protect U.S. interests.  But when foreign governments lobby Senators and Representatives, via U.S. lobbyists, and give sizeable campaign contributions, you begin to see why we give away our economy and production base to South Korea, China and others. From the HuffPost. Yet foreign governments and corporations…

The following article is by Jamie Brackman  Click here to see the article on the Politics PA site.   Representative Mark Critz (D-Cambria) is leading the push for currency manipulation legislation that he believes will protect US jobs.  For a conservative, union-backed Democrat like Critz, trade issues are a sort…

The following article by David Catanese appeared in Politico here. A new nonpartisan super PAC is targeting House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp for his support of free trade policies that it claims sends jobs to foreign countries. The American Jobs Alliance began running a 60-second radio spot Wednesday that takes jabs…

The following piece by Senator Robert Casey of Pennsylvania appeared here in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette on June 25, 2011. Universal Electric Corp. in Canonsburg, PA is a member of CPA. Since the end of 2009, Pennsylvania has added more than 15,000 manufacturing jobs — more than all but three…

The following article by Talia Hagler appeared in WFMJ.com.  Click here to see the article online. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - Democrats in Washington are accusing Republicans of trying to hurt the economy in order to help their chances in the 2012 election. Congressman Tim Ryan believes the Republicans decision to block…

Thad McCotter (R-MI-11) intends to run for president.  He has a “B” trade grade from CPA.  He voted for, and co-sponsored the currency reform bills, and has a pretty clear view of the fact that U.S. trade policy has caused major economic hardship in this country. Politico has the story:…

The following article by Binyamin Appelbaum appeared in The New York Times here. WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans boycotted a preliminary hearing Thursday on free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama, instead staging a simultaneous press conference and bringing the stop-and-go process to yet another halt. In an upside-down…

The following paper was written by Michele Nash-Hoff, author of  ”Can American Manufacturing be Saved-Why We Should and How We Can”. The House passed H. R. 1249, The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, on June 23rd by a 304-to-117 vote, a bipartisan tally with more than two-thirds of lawmakers from each…

The following article was written by former U.S. Senator Ernest F. “Fritz” Hollings (D-SC). The trouble with the country is that the press no longer reports the news.  Today the press and media compete to entertain, reducing their coverage to the politics of the news.  Reporting is like covering a…

CPA has refined our trade grade system for this 111th Congress. We use math to figure out where Congress people really stand on trade policy and fixing our economy… because their words are so unreliable. You may look at this data and get discombobulated. Mostly because your favorite Congressman has…