Escalating Panic Over Increasingly Unpopular Trade Deal Consumes White House
Posted: June 11, 2015 Filed under: Breaking News, Economics, Mediasphere, White House | Tags: Barack Obama, Denis McDonough, Fast track (trade), John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, Nancy Pelosi, Party leaders of the United States Senate, Republican Party (United States), Trade Adjustment Assistance, Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership, White House Chief of Staff, White House Press Secretary 1 Comment
Edward-Isaac Dovere writes: 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…(read more)
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