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Sep 7, 2011

thrakkorzog posted:

Can anyone explain to me why the house Dems voted for TPA, but then voted against TAA? Because I'm a bit confused here.

As a general rule the Republicans like TPA, but aren't fans of TAA. The Democrats and the unions like TAA, but hate TPA. So why did a bunch of Democrats vote for TPA, and then vote against TAA?

All I can think is that they were trying to kill TPP in the most political way possible. "Hey, I voted to give Obama fast track authority, but it never made it out of the House." Please tell me I'm being overly cynical, and there was another perfectly good reason for the vote breakdown.
Most Democrats didn't vote for TPA. It passed because it got a lot more Republican support than TAA did.

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