Subject: Re: HRC on TPA/TPP to Jon Ralston
From: Brian Fallon <[email-masked]>
To: Nick Merrill <[email-masked]>
Cc: Varun Anand <[email-masked]>, Tony Carrk <[email-masked]>, Tyson Brody <[email-masked]>, Jennifer Palmieri <[email-masked]>, Kristina Schake <[email-masked]>, HRCRR <[email-masked]>, Jake Sullivan <[email-masked]>, Robby Mook <[email-masked]>, Marlon Marshall <[email-masked]>, Amanda Renteria <[email-masked]>, John Podesta <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 17:35:40 -0400

We are working on a clarifying statement that is consistent with what she
said but prevents people from interpreting it as more than what she said.

On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 5:33 PM, Nick Merrill <[email-masked]>
wrote:

> Can someone monitor who is firing off one-off tweets from Ralston's
> and we can reach out to make sure they have the full context?
>
>
>
> On Jun 18, 2015, at 2:26 PM, Varun Anand <[email-masked]>
> wrote:
>
> + JDP's gmail.
>
> > On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 5:25 PM, Tony Carrk <[email-masked]>
> wrote:
> > Adding some other folks for awareness
> >
> >
> >
> > From: [email-masked] [mailto:[email-masked]] On
> Behalf
> > Of Tyson Brody
> > Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2015 5:22 PM
> > To: Varun Anand
> > Cc: Jennifer Palmieri; Kristina Schake; HRCRR; Jake Sullivan; Robby Mook
> > Subject: Re: HRC on TPA/TPP to Jon Ralston
> >
> >
> >
> > FYSA
> >
> >
> >
> > White House Said It Would Not Sign TPA Without TAA, But Could Allow TPA
> to
> > Reach Desk First, And Declined To Say Obama Would Veto TPA Without TAA.
> “But
> > Earnest did acknowledge that the two measures could move separately, and
> TPA
> > could come first. That would require a clear ‘path’ for TAA to follow.
> > Ultimately, he noted, any scenario will require the votes of Democrats,
> > several of whom have told CQ Roll Call they want assurances that TAA will
> > become law.  He declined to say several times that Obama would veto TPA
> if
> > TAA was not also on his desk, saying he didn’t think it would come to
> that.”
> > [Roll Call, 6/17/15]
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 5:20 PM, Varun Anand <[email-masked]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > Jon Ralston: Last question on this, hopefully it's a simple yes or no
> > but I'm not that optimistic. And if you were in the Senate, still,
> > would you vote for TPA when it gets there?
> >
> > HRC: At this point, probably not. Because it's a process vote and I
> > don't want to, you know, say it's the same as TPP. Right now, I'm
> > focused on making sure we get trade adjustment assistance, and I
> > certainly would not vote for it unless I were absolutely confident we
> > would get trade adjustment assistance.
> >
> > Jon Ralston: It's almost a yes or no, I'm impressed.
> >
> > HRC: Well these are complicated issues.
> >
> > Jon Ralston: Well, I agree. I just wanted to make sure...
> >
> > HRC: And I appreciate you asking me about it and giving me a chance to
> > talk about some of the complexity—you know—around it.
> >
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