House to vote for a second time on fast-track for Obama

The House will vote Thursday on a stand-alone measure to grant President Obama fast-track trade authority.

 

The decision follows a flurry of activity at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue, as the White House and congressional Republicans rally around a strategy for moving forward with the trade package.

 

Under the plan, the House and Senate would vote for a second time on passing fast-track, which would make it easier for Obama to negotiate a sweeping Pacific trade deal.

 

Separately, Congress would approve legislation granting aid to workers displaced by trade, a program known as Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA).

 

The problem for Obama and Republicans is that they must first convince Senate Democrats to vote for fast-track on the promise the TAA bill would be finished later.

 

Obama met at the White House on Wednesday with a group pro-trade Democrats from the House and Senate as he sought to make the case.

 

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