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On Thursday, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR), along with House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI), introduced \u201cThe Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015.\u201d Co-sponsors of this trade promotion authority (TPA) measure claim that it will establish rules for international trade agreements that \u201cboost the American economy and better jobs for American workers.\u201d<\/p>\n

At issue is giving President Barack Obama streamlined authority to negotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a 12-country free-trade deal that would essentially dwarf the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Many letter carriers can well recall how NAFTA devastated the American labor force by sending millions of jobs overseas.<\/p>\n

Chief negotiators for this new TPA measure claim to have included in it provisions that will protect American workers and renew trade preference (\u201cBuy American\u201d) programs. However some lawmakers are skeptical of the Obama administration\u2019s trade agenda, and this skepticism could translate into opposition of any trade legislation that limits Congress\u2019 ability to offer amendments but instead favors straight up-or-down votes.<\/p>\n

House Republicans want a vote on the bill before they break for the Memorial Day recess; however, support for the Hatch-Wyden-Ryan TPA bill is unclear.<\/p>\n

The measure needs 218 votes to pass in the House of Representatives. That means between 10 and 50 Democrats will be needed to support the bill\u2014depending on how many of the 247 House Republicans might break ranks and oppose it. On that front, there could be anywhere between 24 and 50 Republican who oppose this TPA, alongside an estimated 10 Democrats.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Hatch-Wyden-Ryan TPA gives up congressional leverage at the exact wrong time,\u201d House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) said. \u201cInstead of pressing [the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative] to get a better agreement or signaling to our negotiating partners that Congress will only accept a strong agreement, the TPA puts Congress in the back seat and greases the skids for an up-or-down vote after the fact.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t know how many Tea Party Republicans will not want to give the president this authority,\u201d said Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH), who is also actively opposing the bill and represents a heavy manufacturing district. \u201cYou see on some of the negotiations with Iran [LINK], they want a heavy amount of oversight; they want to watch every move that he makes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf that same group applies that same standard to this trade agreement,\u201d Ryan said, \u201cthere may be some backlash with us in the House not having the ability to amend it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of unknowns out there for a Democrat to get out in front and say, \u2018I\u2019m definitely voting for this.\u2019\u2005\u201d<\/p>\n

Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-NY), a staunch opponent of TPA, said there is a larger concern at stake. \u201cThe single biggest economic issue facing American families is that jobs do not pay enough to live on,\u201d she said. \u201cFast-tracking the TPP would make it easier for corporations to offshore Americans jobs and force our workers to compete with those making less than 60 cents an hour.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the Senate, Finance Committee Chairman Hatch wants a much earlier vote\u2014by the end April\u2014but he will need six supportive Democrats to get to a 60-vote, filibuster-breaking threshold.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I can tell you, which is good news, is a lot of members are feeling the heat,\u201d said Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who also opposes TPA. \u201cWhether we can beat it in the Senate or not, I don\u2019t know. I think we have a better shot frankly in the House where, to the best of my knowledge, the overwhelming majority of Democrats are against it.\u201d<\/p>\n

At a Senate Finance Committee hearing Thursday to discuss the legislation, several senators raised concerns. \u201cNot fair and not adequate on such an important issue,\u201d said Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), the Senate\u2019s third-ranking Democrat, who protested plans to rush to a vote.<\/p>\n

In anticipation of introduction of the bill, NALC joined several member of Congress and the leaders of other organization at a rally Wednesday on Capitol Hill to voice concerns over trade agreements that fail to address labor\u2019s concerns.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur message to all 535 members of Congress is the same,\u201d NALC President Fredric Rolando said at the rally: \u201cWe strongly oppose Fast Track authority, and we expect every one of you to vote against it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve all seen this movie before,\u201d he said. \u201cBig business and Wall Street banks push secret, anti-democratic deals to protect the investor rights of multi-national companies, under the banner of \u2018free trade.\u2019 And they promise rising wages and millions of jobs.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut what we get,\u201d Rolando said, \u201cis outsourcing, wage stagnation and ballooning trade deficits.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re here today to fight,\u201d said Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), who has declared her opposition to Fast Track and TPA. \u201cWe are here to fight. Are you ready to fight?\u201d<\/p>\n

Also joining Warren to speak were Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Al Franken (D-MN) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Reps. Rosa DeLauro (D-NY), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Alan Grayson (D-FL), Dan Kildee (D-MI), Rick Nolan (D-MN), Tim Ryan (D-OH) and Brad Sherman (D-CA).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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El jueves, el presidente del Comit\u00e9 de Finanzas del Senado, Orrin Hatch (republicano por Utah), y el miembro de mayor rango, Ron Wyden (dem\u00f3crata por Oregon), junto con el presidente del Comit\u00e9 de Medios y Arbitrios de la C\u00e1mara de Representantes,<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCongress introduces fast track legislation - Insulators International Union Apprenticeship & Training<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/insulatorsjatc.org\/es\/congress-introduces-fast-track-legislation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Congress introduces fast track legislation - 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