As we speak, opponents of Fast-Track are gathering behind a plan by which this bill may be scuttled — defeating the TAA bill first on Friday. By the way the question is being divided, defeating TAA will in turn lead to defeating TPA.
Richard Trumka has been talking to House members about how the Senate's so-called "assistance" is being lowballed, really amounting to pitching a few pennies out of the royal carriage.
The manner in which the pennies are pitched, moreover — gutting Medicare — is also completely unacceptable. Regardless of any "procedural fix" (read: magic beans) attached to a sidecar bill, supporters will be rightly charged with voting to cut our safety net.
Nancy Pelosi herself has stated how TAA would leave public-sector unions in the cold.
Meanwhile, Republican support for TAA is tepid at best, with only somewhere between 50-100 Republicans supporting it. Thus, progressive focus on the weakness & unfairness of TAA has already placed it in jeopardy of failing — & now the public needs to help give it that extra push.
If your rep is a Republican, encouraging a no-vote is quite likely to be an easy sell since most are against it anyway.
If your rep is a Democrat, encourage him/her to vote against this anti-progressive poison pill.