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IAHF List: Please keep pounding!!! As you can see from this

AP Article (below my comments), Majority Whip Tom Delay

vows to stick CAFTA straight up our asses tonight in a

midnight massacre.

 

Don't know about you, but that arrogant SOB and Bush really

piss me off. Please keep pounding well past 5PM because our

" con-gress critters " are liable to be in there trying their

best to SCREW us til the wee hours of the morning, and we

need to keep POUNDING all night long if necessary!!! See my

last alert for the phone script and toll free numbers, and

I'll be on the air in 10 minutes (2 PM Pacific time) at

http://www.americanewsnet.com

 

 

Remember- all of us need to COMPENSATE for the MANY who are

on VACATION right now.

We're doing this for FUTURE GENERATIONS and for OURSELVES.

I live in a summer beach resort so am very concious of

people being on vacation, they're all around me here.

 

 

Bush Lobbies Republicans on CAFTA Bill

By JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press Writer 4 minutes ago

 

WASHINGTON - In a rare piece of lobbying on Capitol Hill,

President Bush appealed personally to fellow Republicans

Wednesday to close ranks behind a free trade agreement with

Central America that faces a very close floor vote.

 

 

 

The House was beginning debate on the Central American Free

Trade Agreement later in the day, with a vote coming as

early as Wednesday night. With Democrats strongly against it,

passage depends on keeping Republican defections to a

minimum.

 

The president reminded Republicans that while some might

oppose CAFTA for parochial interests " we are here not only to

represent our districts but to represent the nation, " House

Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, said after the meeting

that lasted more than an hour.

 

DeLay predicted a tough vote, but " we will pass CAFTA

tonight. "

 

DeLay said the president may have won over one unidentified

Republican when he noted that Central American countries

have contributed troops in the war against terrorism.

 

Bush, who has invested considerable time and effort to

winning approval of CAFTA, was accompanied by Vice President

Dick Cheney and U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman (news,

bio, voting record) at the closed meeting of House

Republicans. It isn't unusual for presidents to press their agendas

with members of their own party or the opposition party,

but they usually do it at the White House.

 

Bush's chief spokesman, Scott McClellan, said Bush planned

to address other issues likely to come up as Congress

rushes toward summer recess, including major energy and highway

legislation.

 

Finding GOP unity on CAFTA could be crucial if the trade

deal that the administration signed a year ago with Costa

Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and the

Dominican Republic is to survive.

 

The Democratic leadership, in a notice Tuesday, reminded

lawmakers that " this will be an extremely close vote, and

attendance is critical. "

 

The Senate approved the pact last month, but the House,

with Democratic opposition and a large group of opposing or

undeclared Republicans, is a harder sell.

 

The agreement would eliminate tariffs and other trade

barriers on U.S. exports to the six nations and increase

protections for investment and intellectual property. Democrats

say CAFTA, like past free trade deals, will lead to a loss of

U.S. jobs while doing little to prevent the exploitation of

Central American workers.

 

Republican opposition stems from the jobs issue as well as

concerns that the agreement will hurt the U.S. textile and

sugar industries.

 

Bush in recent months has held a summit with the leaders of

all six CAFTA nations, met individually with dozens of

lawmakers and given speeches to Hispanic and other groups

promoting the deal, which he argues will also benefit U.S.

national security by shoring up Central America's fragile

democracies.

 

His administration has also had some success in swaying

undecided Republicans with side deals offering protections for

sugar and textile manufacturers.

 

Groups on both sides of the issue held news and telephone

conferences Tuesday to press their case.

 

" Trade creates jobs and lifts people out of poverty, " House

Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., said at a news conference

with Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez and representatives

from pro-CAFTA Hispanic groups. " And there's nothing like a

stable society to fight terrorism and strengthen democracy,

freedom and rule of law. "

 

Rep. Hilda Solis (news, bio, voting record), D-Calif., said

CAFTA was " a bad deal for Central Americans and also for

Latinos in this community. "

 

" I can tell you that the exploitation of workers will

continue in Central America, " Solis said.

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