Despite the inflamed the toric, analysts believe a compromise is closer than it’s been since president bill Clinton’s trade negotiating authority expired in 1994. “They might be about 30 votes short” in the house, says Greg Rushford, who edits the Rushford report, a newsletter on the politics of international trade. “It will take Bush to insist on it. “The bill is expected to have an easier time in the senate, traditionally more favorable to trade deals than the house.