Obama to Reject TPA if Lawmakers Fail to Deliver TAA, Says WH Spokesman
President Barack Obama will veto Trade Promotion Authority if Trade Adjustment Assistance doesn't also make it to his desk, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters on April 20. "We believe that these kinds of TAA proposals are an…
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important priority when it comes to our overall approach to trade policy, and we’re going to fight to ensure that they’re included in this broader package," said Earnest. The last time Congress passed TPA in 2002, lawmakers added TAA into the actual TPA bill. Both chambers of Congress therefore had to vote on both pieces of legislation at the same time (here). Following the Senate Finance Committee hearing on April 16, ranking member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said he, Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., agreed to pass both TPA and TAA on the same day to ensure TAA is also passed (see 1504170024). Finance and Ways and Means members both introduced TPA and TAA on April 16.