The White House has described last week’s failure as a “procedural snafu” and GOP leaders’ new plan to separate the TPA and TAA issues into separate votes could solve the problem.
GOP leaders vow to resurrect Obama trade deal
By News on the Net Washington Times——Bio and Archives--June 17, 2015
Republican leaders will try to resurrect the trade deal Democrats sank less than a week ago, planning a new vote Thursday and insisting they will corral enough votes to approve fast-track negotiating powers President Obama needs to complete a legacy-building Pacific Rim trade deal.
Mr. Obama met with pro-free trade Democratic lawmakers Wednesday afternoon to make sure they’re on board the plan, even as House GOP leaders began the process of forcing a revote on the controversial powers known as Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), which is favored by Republicans, and Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), which is generally a Democratic priority.
Democrats last week voted against TAA as a way of poisoning the package, so GOP leaders have decided to split the bill apart and will pass TPA first, then leave it to Mr. Obama to rally enough Democrats to pass TAA.
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