Vol. 32, No. 10
May 23, 2016
No Lame-duck TPP Trade Deal
Given the anti-TPP presidential campaign rhetoric from the leading candidates of both major political parties this year, supporters of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact are concluding that their only realistic chance of getting Congress to approve the TPP will be during the lame-duck session after the November elections.
They know that during these lame-duck sessions of Congress, customarily held every two years after congressional elections and before a new Congress begins in the following January, accountability to the voters is at a minimum due to the presence of so many retired or defeated congressmen and due to the nearly two years before any congressmen will face their constituents in an election again.
A vote on approving a trade deal should never be held during a lame-duck session. Such trade agreements should be either voted on before the two-year elections or after the new Congress is seated in January following the elections.
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