Vox: House Democrats just derailed Obama's trade agenda

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4. Giant missing hole in this article:

The Senate bill funds TAA by cutting Medicare.

If TAA passed, every Democratic representative that voted "Yes" on TAA would see this ad in their district: "Representative _____ voted to steal money from sick elderly people and give it to lazy moochers".

This wasn't just about the TPA and TPP. It was also about rejecting the poison pill Senate Republicans put in the TAA in order to fuck over Democrats who vote for TAA.

The "plan" from Obama and company was to pass yet another bill that undid the Medicare cuts. First, that bill may not pass. And boondoggles like the sequester demonstrate these kinds of fixes can't be guaranteed by the leadership. Second, even if it did pass, the explanation about why that ad is technically true but overall inaccurate doesn't fit well in an opposing TV ad.