Not for the first time in his fledgling career, Morris got fast tracked.
Though Clinton failed to get fast track reauthorized after it expired again in 1994, he was still able to get trade deals done, though Congress sometimes took its time in signing them.
"This is the silver lining to Clinton's failure to get fast track -- a shift away from trade to human issues," said Jose Miguel Vivanco, executive director of the Americas division of Humans Rights Watch.
Known as the Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest or Mavni, the program, created during the George W. Bush administration, allows legal, nonpermanent resident immigrants to join the military and get fast track citizenship.
The far-flung opponents all want more opportunity to review the 12-nation agreement known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and hope to prevent the Obama administration from getting "fast track" approval from Congress.
By then, Mr Bush will be heading towards his final year in office, and Congress will be gearing up for the 2008 elections, making it extremely unlikely that he will be able to get fast track renewed particularly considering the resurgence of protectionist sentiment, among both the public and politicians, since he took office.
It is odd to see free market trade advocates like Paul Ryan (R-MN), backing the president passionately in his effort to get fast track authority for a trade deal.
And he gets fast tracked in junior hockey.
Last year, Mr Clinton failed to get "fast-track" authority to negotiate trade agreements.
If successful, they also get fast-track security, access to business lounges and improved catering.
