The Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) bill narrowly passed the House Friday, garnering 219 votes, one over the minimum needed. However, leadership had structured everything as a package, with the condition that the TPA bill would not advance to the president’s desk if an accompanying Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) did not also pass. Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi threw her opposition to TAA as a last ditch effort to stop TPA. As a result, TAA was soundly defeated, 126-302. A related bill on customs and trade rule enforcement did also pass.
Sources in Washington indicated House leadership will bring back the TAA bill next week.
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TPA Finds Limbo
The Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) bill narrowly passed the House Friday, garnering 219 votes, one over the minimum needed. However, leadership had structured everything as a package, with the condition that the TPA bill would not advance to the president’s desk if an accompanying Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) did not also pass. Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi threw her opposition to TAA as a last ditch effort to stop TPA. As a result, TAA was soundly defeated, 126-302. A related bill on customs and trade rule enforcement did also pass.
Sources in Washington indicated House leadership will bring back the TAA bill next week.
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on June 12, 2015 at 2:34 pm Leave a CommentTags: TAA, The Trade Promotion Authority, TPA