Reason #1: Polls show that everyday Americans -- and especially Democrats -- overwhelmingly support the agreement, and they have been supportive of the process that led to the agreement for many months.
Democrats support the agreement.
Some large online advertisers like the Avis Budget Group and Buy.com said they support the agreement.
Hollande and Merkel will ask the European Union to support the agreement later on Thursday.
Environmentalists, tribes and fishermen who support the agreement cite the Endangered Species Act to argue for removing the dams.
In a statement issued before the cabinet meeting, the board of the CFA said it could not support the agreement, with the exception of the pay increase.
A range of American and Iraqi experts who support the agreement acknowledge that this complaint is one that will have to be negotiated separately.
Although the number of Ukrainians who support the agreement with the EU has risen since last summer, it is still only at 45% according to a poll.
Capitol Hill Democrats are likely to solidly support the agreement, although it gives greater budget relief to the Pentagon than it does domestic programs.
But not all of the creditors of Excite, which has filed for bankruptcy protection, have decided whether to support the agreement.
Diplomats said they found it striking that Europe was willing to stand up to its pharmaceutical industries and support the agreement, but that the United States was not.
