White House Working With Congress on Language to Implement TPP, Froman Says

[AntiBank]

https://morningconsult.com/alert/administration-working-with-congress-on-language-to-implement-tpp-ambassador-says/

The Obama administration is working with members of Congress to craft the legislative language necessary to bring the Trans-Pacific Partnership before both chambers of Congress for final approval, U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said Monday. Froman, who was the U.S.’ lead negotiator for the 12-nation TPP trade deal, said at a Council on Foreign Relations event Monday that the administration would like to see Congress approve the agreement “as quickly as possible.”

“And we’re working with congressional leaders and with the leaders of our committees … to chart that pathway forward — laying the groundwork, doing the preparatory work, drafting the bills, drafting the reports that need to get done,” Froman said.

As part of the TPP approval process, Congress must pass an “implementing bill” that’s subject to the fast-track, amendment-free procedures it authorized in summer 2015 when a trade promotion authority measure passed after overcoming a number of procedural hiccups. The ongoing work on the implementing bill will ensure that “when that window of opportunity opens, we’ll be ready to walk through it,” Froman added. “And that’s … what the work over the next few months is going to take.”

The TPP is still highly controversial with both parties in both chambers of Congress — a problem that’s become even more acute for TPP supporters now that both major party presidential nominees publicly oppose the deal. Froman, however, said he’s optimistic that “there’s a lot of desire to get it done.”


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lame duck is where it will be attempted to be rammed through

[arcane1]

1. Some friendly reminders of who in Congress supports the TPP and Fast Track, and who doesn't:

"The House vote was 218-208, with 28 Democrats voting for it."

http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/245417-house-approves-fast-track-218-208-sending-bill-to-senate



"The 60-38 Senate vote capped weeks of fighting over the trade bill, which pitted Obama against most of his party — including Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).

Passage of the bill is also a big victory for GOP leaders in Congress, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio). The Republican leaders worked closely with an administration they have more frequently opposed to nudge the trade bill over the goal line.

Labor unions and liberal Democrats had fought hard against the authority and are likely to now turn their attention toward stopping the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a trade deal Obama is negotiating with 11 other Pacific Rim nations."

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/246035-senate-approves-fast-track-sending-trade-bill-to-white-house

[AntiBank]

2. The 28 House Democrats who voted in favor of fast track, twice: hint DWS is ON the list

Terri Sewell (AL-07)
Susan Davis (CA-53)
Sam Farr (CA-20)
Jim Costa (CA-16)
Ami Bera (CA-07)
Scott Peters (CA-52)
Jared Polis (CO-02)
James Himes (CT-04)
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23)
Mike Quigley (IL-05)
John Delaney (MD-06)
Brad Ashford (NE-02)
Gregory Meeks (NY-05)
Kathleen Rice (NY-04)
Earl Blumenauer (OR-03)
Kurt Schrader (OR-05)
Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01)
Jim Cooper (TN-05)
Rubén Hinojosa (TX-15)
Eddie Johnson (TX-30)
Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Beto O'Rourke (TX-16)
Gerald Connolly (VA-11)
Donald Beyer (VA-08)
Rick Larsen (WA-02)
Suzan DelBene (WA-01)
Derek Kilmer (WA-06)
Ron Kind (WI-03)

[arcane1]

3. I'm glad I was sitting down for that wholly unexpected revelation n/t

[AntiBank]

4. The 13 Senate Dems who voted with Rethugs for fast track

The 13 Democrats were:

• Michael Bennet, Colorado
• Maria Cantwell, Washington
• Tom Carper, Delaware
• Chris Coons, Delaware
• Dianne Feinstein, California
• Heidi Heitkamp, North Dakota
• Tim Kaine, Virginia
• Claire McCaskill, Missouri
• Patty Murray, Washington
• Bill Nelson, Florida
• Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire
• Mark Warner, Virginia
• Ron Wyden, Oregon

[midnight]

5. I suppose they will get a group of 10 to craft a crafty language that a team of crafty crooks can

make a crap ton of money with….

Crafty language=crap ton of money...

[Triana]

6. Bend over America. You're about to get SCREWED. ROYALLY. n/t

[villager]

7. Not the kind of "change" you were hoping for then? nt

[avaistheone1]

8. Shame on all Democrats who voted for this.

[nikto]

9. The ugly truth ...

[fifthquartile]

10. This is why I agree with Sanders

When he says the Democratic Party needs to represent the working class again. I feel unrepresented in Washington. Either its the Republicans who openly hate the poor and the working class. Or the Democratic leadership who give us the "I feel your pain" useless lip service while they send our jobs to slave wage nations.