WASHINGTON, May 4 (Reuters) - The Obama administration is ready to begin work with Congress on bills to implement free trade pacts with Colombia, South Korea and Panama but no decision has been made yet on the timing or sequencing of votes, a senior administration official said on Wednesday.
"We're confident we'll be able to work through these issues with Congress," the official said, adding it was too early to say whether a Republican goal of passing all three trade deals by July 1 could be met.
Separately, House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said he wanted to work with "the administration to pass these trade agreements in tandem with one another, as well as engaging in a broader discussion about America's trade and workforce policies."
The White House also wants renewal of a retraining program for displaced workers, approval of permanent normal trade relations for Russia and renewal of two lapsed trade preference programs for developing countries.
(Reporting by Doug Palmer; editing by Sandra Maler)