It's stupid to hold these FTAs up over $7.2B but if they won't vote for it, we'll have to try

[RB TexLa]

to renew it later.



Hatch says TAA doesn't have votes to pass
By Vicki Needham - 05/26/11 01:53 PM ET

Senate Finance ranking member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) said renewal of an aid program to help workers displaced by trade is too expensive to gain congressional approval, risking the future of three pending free-trade accords.

Hatch, who has questioned the Obama administration's requirement for passage of Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) in tandem with trade deals with Panama, Colombia and South Korea, said there's no appetite on Capitol Hill for more spending, even for a program that re-trains workers.

"We don't have the votes to pass TAA through this Congress, so why hold up three trade agreements to do this," Hatch said during a Thursday hearing on the U.S-Korea agreement.






http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/1005-trade/163521-hatch-says-taa-doesnt-have-votes-to-pass-