<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><a href="http://thehill.com/policy/finance/238363-obama-official-fast-track-bill-coming-next-week" class="">http://thehill.com/policy/finance/238363-obama-official-fast-track-bill-coming-next-week</a><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><h1 class="title" id="page-title" style="font-size: 39px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Obama official: 'Fast-track' bill coming next week</h1><div class="clearer" style="clear: both; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"></div><article class="view-mode-full node node-article node-238363 clearfix" about="/policy/finance/238363-obama-official-fast-track-bill-coming-next-week" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><div class="clearfix"></div></article></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="">By <span rel="sioc:has_creator" class=""><a href="http://thehill.com/author/vicki-needham" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); text-decoration: none; outline: none;" class="">Vicki Needham</a></span> - <span class="date" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">04/09/15 03:40 PM EDT</span></div><div class="field-label-hidden field-name-body field field-type-text-with-summary" style="overflow: hidden; font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p style="margin: 15px 0px;" class="">Senators will introduce trade promotion authority legislation next week, a top Obama administration official said Thursday.<br class=""><br class="">Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker expects a “fast-track” bill to be introduced early next week in the Senate and said in a call with reporters that she is “anxiously awaiting to see the language.”<br class=""><br class="">Pritzker is the first administration official to suggest a firm timeline for legislation that would grant President Obama "fast-track" powers for negotiating trade deals.<br class=""><br class="">Speculation has been swirling about when the Senate Finance Committee would start moving on a bill.</p><p style="margin: 15px 0px;" class="">Senate aides have said negotiations between Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and ranking member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) are making progress but that no deal had been struck.<br class=""><br class="">President Obama wants the authority in order to move trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) through Congress, but his push is facing strong opposition from liberal lawmakers, particularly in the House.</p></div></div></div></div></body></html>