CAFTA's One Year Old... With Nowhere to Go!
May 28: A Bitter Birthday for Bush's CAFTA Bill
It's been a whole year since CAFTA was signed, and thanks to the hard work of concerned citizens like you, the Administration hasn't been able to get the votes it needs to pass it in Congress.
Good work!
But it's not over yet -- as the Senate goes fishing for votes, we need a big push against CAFTA to make sure it never sees the light of day!
The Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA, also known as DR-CAFTA) would create a trade and investment bloc that includes Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, and the United States.
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R-IA) has indicated that the Committee is tentatively considering a "mock markup" of CAFTA for June 14, 2005 and the Bush Administration is sending a strong message that they are once again ready to test whether they have enough votes in Congress to pass CAFTA.
Let's make sure they come up short!
See also:
CAFTA will send U.S. farm jobs to nations that will swamp us with exports
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