Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA) was confident that House leaders would schedule a vote on the trade pact in a post-election session, when wavering members would be more willing to support it. "I think there'll be a vote in the latter part of November, or early December," he said, adding it would likely be approved in those circumstances.
In my last post, I noted that there could be a very ugly side to Nancy Pelosi's move to delay a vote on the Colombia Free Trade Agreement. Well, it seems like that ugly side could be coming true. Here's CongressDaily: more »
While a chorus of Democrats from industrial states is criticizing President Bush's decision to push forward with the lobbyist-written Colombia Free Trade Agreement, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel look like they are more »
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is in a tizzy over my post yesterday about the corporate-written Colombia trade deal that it is trying to ram through Congress over the deep opposition of the American public. more »
Over the last few weeks, we have seen Democratic presidential candidates move more forcefully toward a populist position on trade, articulating a "fair trade" vision that has been missing in many presidential election contests. more »
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