President Barack Obama Monday said he was “cautiously optimistic” Congress will support the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Speaking to a delegation of state governors at the White House earlier this week, Obama said he would have to rely on votes from pro-trade Democrats and Republicans since labor leaders opposed the deal, according to Reuters. Obama did say Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan had largely been supportive of the pact. The 12 member-nations reached an agreement last year on the trade deal and signed the pact earlier this month. It still must be ratified by the governments of each member nation. Congress seems likely to delay a vote on the trade deal until after the November elections in the lame duck session, or once a new President takes office next year.