Free Trade
Thursday, April 10, 2008 - 00:00
The unprecedented House vote would drop a 90-day deadline for action on the trade agreement
Thursday, April 10, 2008 - 00:00
(Mr. DREIER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
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Thursday, April 10, 2008 - 00:00
The U.S. House of Representatives will effectively kill a free trade deal with Colombia by voting later on Thursday to delay action on it indefinitely, a White House spokeswoman said
Thursday, April 10, 2008 - 00:00
La presidenta de la Camara de Representantes, Nancy Pelosi, declaro que presentara el jueves un proyecto que cambie las reglas que obligan a ambas camaras legislativas a pronunciarse favorable o desfavorablemente por el tratado en un plazo de 90 dias
Wednesday, April 9, 2008 - 00:00
Decisions on how to handle the deal, such as whether to force a quick vote or to try to put it off, have yet to be made, a spokesman for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said
Wednesday, April 9, 2008 - 00:00
The agreement will force Colombian farmers to turn to a more profitable crop, coca, thereby fueling the drug trade and threatening U.S. national security.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008 - 00:00
Her campaign is on the defensive after reports that her husband, former President Bill Clinton, supports the deal and that a key aide's firm represented Colombian interests
Wednesday, April 9, 2008 - 00:00
I hope the decision to waive the 90-day deadline for a vote on the Colombia FTA will effectively kill the agreement.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008 - 00:00
Labor leaders point to violence against union workers as a justification to delay a deal indefinitely. This is a red herring
Wednesday, April 9, 2008 - 00:00
What this agreement really is about is more imported petroleum from one of the most undemocratic places in the world.