Supposedly all three pieces of legislation are supposed to pass or it goes back to the senate. But of course this being caesar’s congress, so the rules are flexible and in the end, they’ll do whatever they damn well please. And if it screws the middle class, so be it. Actually they see that as a twofer.
They have 2 of them passed, and the third was a ‘show’ vote, shell game vote.
There’ll be no problem passing TAA when it is most advantageous to passing TPP.
If there's some technicality or trick that can have it voted on again rather than returned to the Senate, does the TPA being passed mean that as an element of another package that is trade related, this time passing the TAA would be considered a trade bill or part of a trade bill and therefore once TPA is signed, only require a simple majority rather than a two-thirds majority to pass ?
I ask, because if that's the case, a lot of democrats will have the opportunity to be on record as having voted against TAA knowing that it doesn't really matter as long as there is a simple majority of Republican votes to pass it. That would cover they tails with the base but keep the money behind TPP passing happy as well.