The Senate narrowly agreed Tuesday to salvage President Barack Obama’s trade agenda, after several Democrats sided with GOP leaders to break a filibuster on standalone fast-track trade legislation.
The vote to advance the bill clears the way for Trade Promotion Authority legislation to become law by the end of the week. The House has already cleared the legislation and final passage is expected in the Senate by Wednesday.
The tight vote came as Democrats wavered on whether to trust Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) to follow through on a joint pledge to shepherd into law both the fast-track bill, dubbed Trade Promotion Authority, and a measure to help laid-off workers known as Trade Adjustment Assistance. TPA will allow Obama to complete the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, but Democrats have long insisted that it be accompanied by TAA, which provides aid and job training for workers who lose their jobs to trade.
Am I to understand it hasn't even been made public? Our Congress really hates the American people.
There is no trade deal at the moment, so there is nothing to make public.
He has already been apart of the negotiations and already has been.This bill only authorizes the President to negotiate a trade deal and then to send that trade deal
I understand the "intent", but how is the deal good for American workers? Who does the deal favor?The intent of this type of authorization is to help build trust amongst the other countries which are negotiating this deal because they can rest assured that the deal, once it gets agreed upon, can only be approved or rejected on the whole - as opposed to risking the various trade partners going back to their respective legislative bodies and then having those legislative bodies accept/reject different sections and thus, prolonging the trade negotiations almost indefinitely.
Who does the deal favor?
On the plus side, China and Russia will now become besties.
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