Stabenow Says Getting TPP Right Trumps Obama Legacy, McConnell Cool To Lame-Duck Vote

Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) this week made clear that it is more important to her to ensure the Trans-Pacific Partnership will deliver benefits to the U.S. middle class and improve U.S. wages than to pass it this year as negotiated because it is a priority for President Obama. “I do know it is a priority for the president, but again for me this is about the global economy,” she said in a June 2 interview with a Michigan television station...