Obama economic adviser: McConnell, Ryan 'fundamentally in favor' of passing TPP

A member of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers on Tuesday reiterated the administration's stance that the Trans-Pacific Partnership has a chance in a lame-duck session and downplayed comments by Republican congressional leaders who say the deal will not come up for a vote this year -- noting that they are “fundamentally in favor” of the agreement and getting it passed. “I think our belief is that we have a president, a speaker of the House and a [Senate] majority...