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House GOP Eyes Clean Fast-Track Trade Bill Without TAA Funding
06/16/2015 * by Laura Barron-Lopez & Jennifer Bendery * HuffPo

WASHINGTON -- After the House of Representatives dealt a setback to President Barack Obama’s trade agenda last week, GOP leadership is considering stand-alone legislation to give the president expedited authority to shepherd trade deals through Congress.

The bill, also known as Trade Promotion Authority, would allow Obama to "fast-track" major trade deals, like the one he is currently negotiating with 11 Pacific nations, through Congress without filibuster threats or amendments. House Republican leaders could take up the stand-alone bill as early as this week, two House GOP aides told The Huffington Post, after which it would be sent to the Senate.

On Friday, the same fast-track bill passed the House 219-211, with 28 Democrats voting in favor, but it was attached to legislation providing funding for Trade Adjustment Assistance, a worker aid program. An overwhelming majority of Democrats voted TAA down in an effort to kill Obama’s trade agenda, rendering the fast-track vote essentially irrelevant.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/16/gop-trade-bill_n_7598488.html