White House launches frantic campaign to save trade deal

The politics around the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, one of Obama’s core legacy agenda items, have been immensely complicated.

Politico, --June 11, 2015

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President Barack Obama and his aides launched a full-court press to save his trade package on Thursday, as House Democrats’ internal struggles pushed Obama’s top legislative priority perilously close to defeat.
As Obama made phone calls to reluctant Democrats from the White House, Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and Labor Secretary Tom Perez went face-to-face with trade opponents including AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka in a testy closed meeting on Capitol Hill. It was unclear whether the White House was making any progress. Read more:

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