House Dems say trade bills have no chance of passing (TPP)

[think]

House Dems say trade bills have no chance of passing

By Vicki Needham - 11/12/14 06:12 PM EST

A trio of House Democrats said Wednesday that neither fast-track nor an Asia-Pacific trade deal have any chance of passing in the lame-duck session or in the next Congress.

The lawmakers — Reps. Rosa DeLauro (Conn.), Louise Slaughter (N.Y.) and Alan Grayson (Fla.) — agreed that there aren't enough votes in the House to pass trade promotion authority, which would pave the way for smooth approval of the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

"Fast-track doesn't have support in the current Congress and won’t have support in the next Congress," DeLauro said in a call with reporters. "The votes are not there."

Plus, they argued, why would Republicans want to give President Obama trade powers that won't allow Congress to amend any trade agreement that reaches Capitol Hill?...

Read more:

http://thehill.com/policy/finance/223923-house-democrats-say-fast-track-tpp-have-no-chance-to-pass

[Hoyt]

1. Oh, thank god, we can quit worrying that Obama is going to sell us down the river.

[madville]

2. Good

These deals on our end are about exporting out our middle class jobs and importing in cheap labor, whether it be manual labor or engineers.

I don't want any Congress to give any President that much power and leeway, period.

[LongTomH]

3. I really hope they're right!

[tritsofme]

4. I can't believe Republicans would be willing to give Obama the type of TPA he needs.

I just can't believe they would empower him on labor and environmental issues. The only TPA that could win Republican support would have those issues stripped out, and be unacceptable to the WH. This is going to be a huge part of the trade discussions that I haven't heard out in the open yet.

[arcane1]

5. Some pleasant news!