TPP Among Priorities White House Hopes Congress Will Pursue in 2016
The Trans-Pacific Partnership was one of five priorities White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest on Sept. 7 said President Barack Obama hopes Congress will act on during the remainder of this year (here). “Obviously, we'd like to see some progress…
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on the President's Supreme Court nominee and on TPP as well,” Earnest said in response to a question about what assurances House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., has given the White House for action it will take up for the rest of 2016. “So there's a long to-do list for members of Congress who have been gone for a while now. And hopefully they'll get after it.” During the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit in Laos, Obama reiterated at a press conference (here) that he plans to work as hard as he can to push Congress to approve TPP before he leaves office.