Fast Track Authority Is Out of the Gate and a Winner

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The 60-38 Senate vote puts fast-track trade authority in the green light district until 2018.

Fast-track, or trade promotion authority, will allow the White House to send trade deals to Congress for up-or-down votes. The Senate will not be able to filibuster them, and lawmakers will not have the power to amend them.

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