Let us know what is in it... and THEN maybe we can support any idiot who supports this bill. Until then, you are acting against our best interests, and it is plain for the world to see. Secret deals and secret laws and secret votes are the antithesis of Freedom. Any Republican who votes for this deal, even in an effort to make Obama look bad (well, worse), deserves to be voted out of office as quickly as possible.
“.......................The TAA program does not cover public-sector union members, whom Pelosi said had been covered in legislation proposed, but not approved, by the House in 2009.
More broadly, Pelosi complained that Democrats have been unable to push amendments to alter the trade bills, even as Republicans have included a host of provisions to address concerns of conservative lawmakers.
Granting GOP concessions to please members while blocking Democratic amendments was “making it harder for Democrats to support the bill,” she said.
Boehner dismissed the latest TAA argument as a “red herring,” giving no indication he was interested in addressing it.
He said he had bent over backwards to accommodate Democrats’ demands.
“I don’t understand where public workers would fall within the Trade Adjustment Assistance in any way, shape or form. And even when this was part of the law, no public sector worker ever qualified for these benefits, and it hasn’t been part of the law since 2011,” Boehner said in response to a question from The Hill.
“We’ve addressed all of the substantive and procedural concerns that she’s raised,” he continued. “And I’m hopeful that Democrats will do their part to get this over the line in the next day and half.”
Pelosi and Boehner struck a deal earlier this week to replace a funding offset for TAA that Democrats had opposed. On Wednesday night, they finalized a procedural compromise to seal that agreement.
Pelosi said she was “pleased” to be working with her GOP counterpart but said Boehner had not committed to addressing the public employee concern. Republican leaders have been reluctant to alter the actual text of the fast-track and worker assistance bills, since doing so would require sending them back to the Senate for passage.
“We’re working it,” she said. “We’ll see what happens, probably later in the day.”
Obama has been lobbying hard for the fast track legislation, which would help him finalize a massive 12-nation trade pact, the Trans Pacific Partnership.”
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/244679-high-drama-as-trade-vote-nears