[ConservativeMind]

A simple majority stops all fast-track bills. 60 votes in the Senate allow changes to the bill. This is how TPA works.

Please post where this “Hatch” thing is so we can validate your words.

Thanks.

[Timber Rattler]

Munch on this...

Bridging the Hatch-Wyden Divide Over Trade Promotion Authority

Senators Strike Trade Deal to Let Congress Slow Fast Track

Go back and review the FR threads on this from April to behold the outrage and indignation at Hatch. I ain't going to dig them out for kool-aid drinkers with such short-memories.

[jpsb]

"A simple majority stops all fast-track bills."

So you are OK with the Senate using the "nuclear option" on trade? Really?

From Wiki

The nuclear or constitutional option is a parliamentary procedure that allows the U.S. Senate to override a rule or precedent by majority vote. The presiding officer of the United States Senate rules that the validity of a Senate rule or precedent is a constitutional question. They immediately put the issue to the full Senate, which decides by majority vote. The procedure thus allows the Senate to decide any issue by majority vote, even though the rules of the Senate specify that ending a filibuster requires the consent of 60 senators (out of 100) for legislation, 67 for amending a Senate rule. The name is an analogy to nuclear weapons being the most extreme option in warfare.