Bush hits panic button on CAFTA--calls special GOP meeting----ACTION

July 26, 2005

IAHF Webmaster: CODEX Emergency, Anti CAFTA, Whats New, What to DO

IAHF List: Speaker of the House Tom DeLay has called a mandatory GOP meeting for tomorrow (Wed) 9am as Bush is running scared on CAFTA and we MUST KEEP THE PRESSURE ON!!!

As you can see, although there are 50 more congressmen in the "no, leaning no" column than there are in the "yes, leaning yes" column, we can't get complacent because there are 138 in the "undecided, declined to answer, and no response" categories, and thats a lot of people, more than enough for Bush to win if he swings enough of them over, and with a special GOP meeting planned for tomorrow am at which Bush will speak and "call in his markers" as he goes into last ditch arm twisting mode, we've got our work cut out for us.

Below you'll see the TOLL FREE #s, and the lists of people to KEY ON as well as phone script, also info re the web based radio show I'll be on tomorrow from 2-3 Pacific time, 3-4 mountain, 4-5 central, 5-6 Eastern WHAT YOU _CAN_ DO:

IAHF ON AIR TOMORROW (WED) 2-3 pm on the Jill Harrison Show, web based at http://www.americanewsnet.com (PLEASE FORWARD THIS AND URGE YOUR FRIENDS TO JOIN YOU IN ACTING/ Congressman Paul had a great press conference today in front of the Canon House Office Bldg with many media in attendance. He was accompanied by 3 Republicans: Virgil Goode (VA), Butch Otter (ID), and Walter Jones (NC) Please THANK these courageous men for BREAKING RANKS with Bush and for sticking up for Ron Paul and for the Constitution!

First of all, please KNOW that the Liberty Committee has been lining up STAFF for tomorrow's staff briefing on CAFTA to be held in the Longworth Building, Rm 1537 from Noon-12:30 pm where lunch is provided, and they'll be shown WE BECOME SILENT by Kevin Miller http://www.welltv.com This hard hitting documentary on the CODEX/CAFTA issues is helping us to open minds and to swing members to our side against CAFTA, but we need YOU to ask your congressmans staff to attend. Tell them YOU watched this film and would like THEM to ALSO watch it(!!!!!) Tell 'em you EXPECT them to watch it, and see if they agree to or not. They'll also be handed material explaining our position which counters that of the US Trade Rep and others- (See http://www.coalitionforhealthfreedom.org/issues.html TOLL FREE #s to REACH CAPITAL SWITCHBOARD:

866-340-9281, 866-340-9279, 877-762-8762

PHONE SCRIPT:

"I'm calling re the CAFTA issue as an angry vitamin consumer:

From the Liberty Committee website I see you're (insert one: leaning no, undecided, leaning yes, declined to answer, or no response by presstime).

You need to know that I am very concerned about the direction CAFTA is taking us. It threatens to harmonize us to restrictive international Codex standards. I would appreciate it very much if someone from your staff were to attend the staff briefing hosted by the Liberty Committee at the Longworth Building, Rm 1537 from Noon-12:30 pm where lunch is provided, and you may view a powerful documentary film on this issue titled WE BECOME SILENT by Kevin Miller which you can also see at http://www.welltv.com There you can also get additional information and get questions answered.

I expect you to vote NO on CAFTA."

LATEST VOTE TALLY:

http://www.thelibertycommittee.org/caftavotecount.htm

TOTALS

Yes/Leaning Yes: 123 No/Leaning No: 173 Undecided: 67 Declined to Answer/No Response 71

PEOPLE TO FOCUS ON: DEMOCRATS:

Leaning No

Ackerman, Baca, Berman, Boren, Butterfield, Carson, Clyburn, Emanuel, Langevin, McCarthy, B. Miller, Payne, Rothman, Loretta Sanchez, Watson and Watt. (16)

Undecided

Berkley, S. Bishop, T. Bishop, Clay, Cooper, Costa, D. Davis, J. Davis, L. Davis,

S. Davis, Edwards, Ford, Gonzalez, Hinojosa, Israel, Kilpatrick, Jackson Lee,

Meeks, D. Moore, Ortiz, Snyder and Towns. (22)

Declined to Answer

Chandler, DeGette, Eshoo, Frank, Kanjorski, Lofgren, Lowey, Matheson, Reyes,

D. Scott, Sherman, Skelton, and M. Thompson. (13)

No Response by Presstime

Andrews, Boyd, Conyers, Cramer, Filner, Gordon, Larson, Lipinski, Millender-McDonald, Owens, Ruppersberger, Rush, Velazquez, and Waters. (14)

PEOPLE TO FOCUS ON: REPUBLICANS:

Leaning Yes

Akin, Boozman, Culberson, Cunningham, Dent, Gilchrest, Gohmert, Granger, Istook, Kingston, Leach, J. Lewis, Lucas, Pearce, Poe, Price, Putnam, Schwarz,

Shadegg, Shuster and Terry. Leaning No

Aderholt, Bonner, Brown-Waite, Coble, Foley, Gutknecht, McCotter and

Simmons. (8)

Undecided

Bartlett, Bilirakis, Blackburn, Boehlert, Brown, Camp, Crenshaw, M. Diaz-Balart,

Duncan, Ehlers, Emerson, Everett, Feeney, Fitzpatrick, Forbes, Franks, Gerlach,

Gibbons, Gillmor, Gingrey, Green, Gutknecht, Hefley, Hobson, Hoekstra, Kuhl,

Mack, McHugh, McMorris. G. Miller, J. Miller, Murphy, Musgrave, Osborne, Petri, Pickering, Rohrabacher, Sensenbrenner, Sodrel, Upton, Walden, Walsh, C. Weldon, Wamp, Whitfield and D. Young. (45)

Declined to Answer

Buyer, Garrett, Issa, Nunes, Platts, Regula, Tiberi, Turner and Wolf. (9)

No Response by Presstime

Alexander, Baker, Bishop, Bergess, Capito, Chabot, J. Davis, Deal, Fosella,

Gallegly, Graves, Hall, Hostettler, Jenkins, Jindal, Kelly, LoBiondo, Manzullo, Mica,

C. Miller, Ney, Peterson, Pombo, Renzi, Reynolds, H. Rogers, Royce, Saxton,

Sherwood, C. Smith, Stearns, Sweeney, Thornberry, D. Weldon and C.W. Young. (35)

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Go to Original Opponents Still See Chance to Block Bush on CAFTA By Doug Palmer Reuters Tuesday 26 July 2005 Opponents of a controversial free trade agreement with Central America said on Monday they still see a chance of defeating the pact, despite Bush administration claims it is nearing final victory with a vote this week in the House of Representatives. "We have as good a shot of stopping this as we did for fast track (trade negotiating) authority for President (Bill) Clinton back in 1997," Scott Paul, a trade lobbyist for the AFL-CIO labor federation, said referring to the union group's last major success in blocking trade legislation. The White House has found it harder to win approval of the U.S.-Central American Free Trade Agreement, or CAFTA, than any other trade agreement it has negotiated. Most Democrats oppose CAFTA for reasons ranging from concern about possible job losses to a contention that the pact's labor and environmental provision are too weak for a region with a poor record on workers rights. Many Republicans from sugar and textile producing states also oppose the pact because of job loss concerns. In the final days before the House votes - most likely on Wednesday or Thursday - both sides are scrambling to win over undecided lawmakers who now control the fate of the pact. "There are probably about a dozen Democrats who are truly undecided on this and there are probably upward of 20 Republicans who are very torn," Paul said. 'Razor-Thin Margin' Jack Roney, chief economist with the American Sugar Alliance, said he was cautiously optimistic CAFTA would fail by a "razor-thin margin" despite Bush administration efforts to sway Republican members from key sugar states like Florida, Louisiana, Montana and Idaho. "I think our base is staying pretty strong in opposition," Roney said. A trio of textile-state Republicans Rep. Bob Inglis of South Carolina, and Reps. Spencer Bachus and Michael Rogers of Alabama were expected to announce their support for CAFTA later on Monday at a news conference. But most Republicans from North Carolina remain opposed, despite President Bush's visit to that state two weeks ago to argue CAFTA would help both the U.S. and Central American textile industries compete against China. Christopher Wenk, a trade lobbyist for the National Association of Manufacturers, said he expected at least a few other textile state lawmakers to follow the lead of Inglis, Bachus and Rogers, who have been working with the Bush administration to resolve CAFTA-related concerns. However, Rep. Bob Etheridge, a North Carolina Democrat with a history of supporting trade agreements, recently joined most of his state's delegation in opposing the trade pact. Despite that disappointment, manufacturers still expect as many as 20 or more Democrats to vote for CAFTA, Wenk said. Rep. Melissa Bean, a freshman Democrat from Illinois, recently announced her support, bringing the number of Democrats who publicly support the pact to six. "I am quite confident we will have the votes to pass CAFTA at the end of the day," Wenk said.

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