Updated: The Senate Finance Committee late Wednesday night (April 22) approved by a vote of 20-6 a bill that would extend Trade Promotion Authority

The Senate Finance Committee held a long “executive session” yesterday, April 22, 2015, on the misguided “fast track” trade authority bill.  There were many amendments. 

  House Ways & Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) has announced that he plans to offer a substitute amendment to a pending fast-track

  Last Thursday, Senators Hatch, Wyden, and Ryan introduced “The Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015,” which is the Trade Promotion Authority

  House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan said legislation to renew trade promotion authority and other trade bills could reach both the House

  (Wonk Alert) This week I’ve heard some congressional staff erroneously claim that Congress can rescind fast track procedures if the Obama administration fails to

  On the eve of a Finance Committee markup, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Tuesday (April 21) told the sponsors of the pending Trade Promotion

  Under the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a proposed free-trade agreement, Congress could lose the power to control immigration policy. We could find ourselves back in

  President Obama has a deal for America, two in fact: Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).  TPA, or “fast track,” would

For Immediate Release:                                              Contact: Symone Sanders (202) 454-5108 April 16, 2015                                                             Lori Wallach (202) 454-5107, [email protected]                                                                                    Hatch Bill Would Revive Controversial 2002 Fast Track