How Bay Area lawmakers are likely to vote.

Here’s how Bay Area lawmakers intend to vote on the Trade Promotion Authority bill as written: NO Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, D- Concord Rep. Anna Eshoo, D- Palo Alto Rep. Jared Huffman, D- San Rafael Rep. Barbara Lee, D- Oakland Rep. Jerry McNerney, D- Stockton Rep. Jackie Speier, D- San Mateo Rep. Eric Swalwell, D- Dublin UNDECIDED House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D- San Francisco Rep. SamFarr, D- Carmel Rep. Mike Honda, D- San Jose Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D- San Jose Rep. Mike Thompson, D- St. Helena U. S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D- Calif. U. S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, D- Calif.* (* “leaning no”) president … but I don’t understand, quite frankly, what the thinking is,” she said. “We have enough evidence that we’re going to lose jobs as a result of this … and I know this president is committed to creating jobs.”

Honda said he agrees with Obama’s goals of expanding trade and supporting U. S. businesses, but, he said, “The farreaching nature of contemporary trade agreements demands more oversight and public input through Congress, not less.”

He’s in a particularly sticky spot because his district is in the heart of Silicon Valley. And Ro Khanna — the techbacked Democrat who challenged Honda in 2014 and seems poised to do so again in 2016 — most likely would support it, too, given his previous role in the Obama administration. As a Commerce Department appointee, he led international trade missions and worked to increase U. S. exports. But Khanna declined to comment Tuesday.

Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D- San Jose, said she is undecided, while Rep. Anna Eshoo, DPalo Alto, is opposed, and Rep. Jackie Speier, D- San Mateo, seems to be leaning against.

Vinod Aggarwal, a UC Berkeley political science and business professor who directs the Berkeley Asia- Pacific Economic Cooperation Study Center, said, “The problem with these ( trade) agreements is that they’re always oversold on both sides,” with lawmakers most concerned about what their own constituents and contributors will think.

He suggested lawmakers should consult John F. Kennedy’s book about intestinal fortitude in Congress: “I think some of these politicians should read ‘ Profiles in Courage.’ ” they are probably playing in hell.”

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