Good to know:
After repeatedly punting on whether he supports a trade agreement dividing voters in his state, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Tuesday said that he will refrain from taking a position on the Trans-Pacific Partnership until after the November election.
“I’ll keep meeting with constituent groups and evaluate this until I have to take a vote,” he said, when asked at an event at the Rotary Club of Milwaukee.
President Barack Obama’s trade agreement has emerged as a major issue in Johnson’s re-election race against Democratic challenger Russ Feingold, who has seized on Johnson’s refusal to take a position.
Polls show him trailing the progressive Feingold, who held Johnson’s very seat before being defeated in 2010.
Johnson on Tuesday said his hesitance is “not unusual” and that he wants to give the agreement “careful consideration, rather than making a snap, knee-jerk judgment,” an attack against Feingold, who came out against TPP in May 2015.
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