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TPP supporters planning to postpone vote
Howard Richman, 11/30/2015

According to DTN Washington Insider, supporters of TPP are planning to postpone the vote, which could have taken place as early as January. This could mean that TPP would go down to defeat if the vote were to be taken before the elections. Here's a selection:

House floor consideration and a vote on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement could occur in late spring or early summer following the release of a U.S. International Trade Commission report on the impact of the trade agreement on the U.S. economy in mid-May, House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Chairman Dave Reichert, R-Wash., told Bloomberg BNA.

The timing of a vote on the TPP deal is ultimately up to House leadership, which may be reluctant to bring such a hot-button issue to a floor vote in an election year. A vote is not expected until after the ITC report is released on May 18, and is likely to occur much later than that.

Translation: TPP is not popular with voters. House members don't want to vote for it and then lose their elections as a result.