article_snippet.sent: But so is some of the opposition to an agreement that has been negotiated in secret.
article_snippet.sent: Prominent Democrats such as Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, for example, have been critical of TPP, arguing that provisions such as one on international arbitration of disputes between investors and states undermine U.S. sovereignty.
article_snippet.sent: Republicans control both houses of Congress, and are generally supportive of free trade.
article_snippet.sent: But while passage of trade promotion authority in the Senate is likely, the result in the House, where Abe will be speaking, is less certain.  
article_snippet.sent: This is in part because some House Republicans are simply loath to delegate any power to Abe, while others are certainly aware of the ramifications of the trade promotion authority vote for 2016.  
article_snippet.sent: After all, the fact that Republicans would actually be supporting the proposal of a Democratic President will not prevent Democrats -- and Democrats labor supporters -- from using the vote as a weapon to diminish support for Republicans among those white, working-class voters who were so crucial to Republican success in the 2014 midterm.
article_snippet.sent: This likely throws the TPP vote directly into the path of the 2016 presidential race.
article_snippet.sent: Ironically, the fact that Democrats seem likely to nominate Hillary Clinton, an early supporter of the TPP, may go a long way to blunting this attack.  
article_snippet.sent: Still, it is hard to see House Republicans willing to "go it alone" on the TPP without some Democratic buy-in.
article_snippet.sent: So, what will the Prime Minister say, and will the Prime Minister support for the TPP be enough to sway Congress?