Shoot me if I am wrong but the TPA reduces the TPP passage requirements in the senate from 60 votes to a simple majority of 51. So, if Obama gets his TPA and then the senate, after Obama is thru negotiating the TPP, gets a yes or no vote only with no changes or ammendments with a 51 vote passage. BINGO, easy passage and we are screwed once again by our elected officials in DC.
That is my first. The Constitution requires a two-thirds vote to pass a treaty. They can’t amend the Constitution with a vote on a bill. Evidently, things are going on undercover.