DELAY VOWS MIDNIGHT MASSACRE TONIGHT- WE MUST STOP THEM!!

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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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