Senate Finance Committee Approves Fast Track Bill
December 13, 2001
On Wednesday, December 11, the Senate Finance Committee marked up and passed
Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) language only slightly different than that
passed by the House on December 6. The senate bill was crafted by Finance
Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Ranking Republican Charles Grassley (R-IA). As
indicated earlier, TPA legislation is likely to pass easily in the full Senate,
however, Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) has indicated that he will not
schedule the bill until next year.