If Congress and the President can agree on anything it is trade.  The President has two pacts, the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and the TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.

To complete the agreements, the President needs Congress to agree on only an up-and-down vote.  If Congress refuses, the agreements are dead on arrival.  Countries simply won’t negotiate complicated deals full of compromise if Congress cannot give the President this vote of trust.

Will this happen?  It is one area where it might and it is an important one.