The Hill
Sunday, July 27, 2008 - 00:00
The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee announced Thursday that GOP demands for action on the Colombia Free Trade Agreement had forced him to delay work on legislation aimed at helping workers who lose their jobs from trade
Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 00:00
The International Republican Institute’s (IRI) goal was to establish a counterpart in Colombia to Congress’s own Congressional Black Caucus (CBC). But it was also talking with a group that could potentially swing the controversial trade deal
Wednesday, May 7, 2008 - 00:00
President Bush will lash back at the Democratic-controlled Congress over its refusal to allow a vote on the Colombia free trade agreement during a speech to Latin American government officials
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 00:00
“We are concerned but, to tell the truth, we are dumbfounded. We are like, ‘Wow, what happened?’ ... You look at it and Colombia should have a free trade agreement,” the vice president said
Monday, April 14, 2008 - 00:00
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) quickly fired back today at President Bush’s accusation that her actions on the Colombia Free Trade Agreement “stiff” Colombia.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008 - 00:00
Democrats are seeking to paint Republicans as pro-Wall Street but indifferent to Main Street as the economy is evolving into the dominant issue of the election cycle
Wednesday, April 9, 2008 - 00:00
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) upped the ante against President Bush Wednesday by holding the Colombia trade deal hostage to gain leverage on a second economic stimulus package
Tuesday, April 8, 2008 - 00:00
President Bush on Monday took the unprecedented step of trying to force the Congress to vote on a controversial trade agreement with Colombia opposed by most Democrats
Friday, March 28, 2008 - 00:00
Since 1991, around 2,300 union leaders have been killed in Colombia — a country which continues to lead the world in the murder of trade unionists. It must be noted that 433 of these unionists have been killed since President Alvaro Uribe took office
Monday, March 10, 2008 - 00:00
Trade lobbyists expect the Bush administration to kick off a fierce election-year battle over trade by introducing legislation implementing the controversial Colombia free trade agreement (FTA) to Congress by the end of this week