Free trade pits Democratic Party’s past against its future

By Washington Examiner

Published June 5, 2015 4:01am ET

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Labor unions, having already frozen their political contributions to pressure Democrats into voting against free trade, have recently taken their game up a notch. They are now threatening primary challenges to Democrats in Congress who vote to give President Obama trade promotion authority in order to facilitate future trade agreements.

And it’s really starting to annoy the Democrats.

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