It's already bad enough that the Obama administration is pushing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) -- a corporate power grab disguised as a "trade" agreement.
Making matters worse, President Obama recently nominated Robert Holleyman, a former lobbyist who was a key backer of a bill that would have ended the internet as we know it (the Stop Online Piracy Act, more commonly called "SOPA"), to be deputy US trade representative.1
If confirmed by the Senate, Holleyman will play a key role in negotiating the TPP and other “trade” deals.
Giant corporations already have far too much influence over our trade policy. The confirmation of Robert Holleyman would only stack the deck further in favor of corporate interests.