The Republican leadership of the US House of Representatives is expected to sneak a vote to reconsider fast-track trade promotion authority, which would enable President Obama to conclude the ongoing free-trade agreements with US trade partners in the Trans-Atlantic and Trans-Pacific.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The Republican leadership of the US House of Representatives is expected to sneak a vote to reconsider giving the US President’s fast-track trade promotion authority (TPA) on Tuesday afternoon, Congressman Lloyd Doggett told the press.

“They [House Republicans] have a motion up… to postpone this whole agreement for six weeks because they do not have the votes today,” Doggett said Tuesday morning of Republican efforts to reintroduce the fast-track legislation.

He characterized the maneuver as “trickery,” calling it “unprecedented.”

Last Friday, the House defeated a bill to provide US President Barack Obama with the authority to negotiate major free-trade agreements. After the Friday vote, Republican leaders said they would reintroduce the measure on Tuesday.

Fast Track is the Wrong Track. Hear my House floor speech against #TPA here: https://t.co/JI36dWjfUl — Lloyd Doggett (@RepLloydDoggett) 11 июня 2015

House Republicans will introduce a measure Tuesday afternoon to extend the consideration of the fast-track bill for the next six weeks, Doggett said. “What that does is give the Speaker [of the House] unfettered authority between now and July 30… to pick any time… and demand a record vote,” he explained.

Under the new rule, the Speaker could call for a voice vote “any time night or day the House is in session,” Doggett explained.

It is possible that the bill would be brought up, approved and sent to the President when members are absent, he warned.

The TPA fast-track authority would enable President Obama to conclude the ongoing free-trade agreements with US trade partners in the Trans-Atlantic and Trans-Pacific. The US Congress would be relegated to a vote for or against the trade agreements after they are concluded.

The content of the free-trade deals has not been made public, and members of Congress are only given limited, classified access to the trade documents.