TAPPER: Welcome back to THE LEAD. I am Jake Tapper. Topping our politics lead today: President Obama losing a key battle in his push to pass signature trade legislation, and if you fingerprint the weapon that killed the bill, you'll find the perps are House Democrats. One Democratic member of Congress telling me that President Obama's last-minute lobbying this morning to save the trade legislation, quote, "absolutely hurt the bill", given that, quote, "Democrats believe they are often taken for granted and not appreciated by the president." A different Democratic congressman told me that the president's pitch went fine, quote, "until he turned it at the end and became indignant and alienated some folks." Let's get right to CNN's Jim Acosta, live at the White House. Jim, the first congressman told me that Democratic opposition was rooted not in resentment toward the president, but very strong concern about loss of jobs and growing income inequality from this trade bill.</s>JIM ACOSTA, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: A lot of reasons why this went down, Jake. And White House officials told me they knew this would be down to the wire, and it was. But the president in a sign of his growing lame duck status could not stop a full-blown revolt inside the Democratic Party.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The ayes are 126, the nays are 302. The motion is not adopted.</s>ACOSTA (voice-over): It was a massive defeat as President Obama's trade agenda suffered a major blow, mainly at the hands of his fellow Democrats, including their leader of the House, Nancy Pelosi. Despite the president's last-minute trip up to Capitol Hill for one final emotional appeal behind closed doors --</s>BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I don't think you nail anything down right here. It's always moving.</s>ACOSTA: -- many House Democrats were simply turned off.
House Rejects Key Part of Obama Trade Bill.