Date: September 22, 2011
Subject: Trade Adjustment Assistance
Description: An amendment to a bill extending trade preferences that would have restricted the use of Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) funds to workers affected by countries with an existing free trade agreement with the United States. ACU opposes the TAA program as a wasteful program that adds to 67 existing job training programs and supported this reasonable attempt to reduce its size.
Result: Amendment Rejected, 34-62
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