Coats, Donnelly Split on Fast Track Trade Vote
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Coats, Donnelly Split on Fast Track Trade Vote

Indiana’s two senators took divergent paths in their votes on so-called “fast track” trade authority. Senator Dan Coats, a Republican who announced that he is retiring in 2016, voted to give President Obama the authority to finalize a free trade deal known as the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). Senator Joe Donnelly, a first-term Democrat, voted…

Op-Ed: The Progressive Alternative to Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement
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Op-Ed: The Progressive Alternative to Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement

Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch has postponed the introduction of fast-track trade authority legislation until mid-April. Fast track is designed to grease the skids for passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement that is still being negotiated behind closed doors. Postponing the debate on fast track gives opponents another month to build opposition. It gives…