The U.S. House voted 224-195 on Thursday to put off the deadline for considering legislation "to implement the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement."
U.S. Reps. Alan Mollohan, D-1st, and Nick Rahall, D-3rd, voted with the majority. U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-2nd, joined all but six of her GOP colleagues in opposing the measure.
The Associated Press reports that "the Democratic-led House, in an election-year showdown with the White House, on Thursday effectively denied President Bush a vote any time soon on a free trade agreement with Colombia, a key South American ally."
11 April 2008
They Voted For You: Colombia
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Since nearly every country has higher tarrifs on American products than we do on theirs, it's a no-brainer to try to equalize this with a free trade agreement. Apparently many of our representatives have less than no brain.
Yes indeed, let's ship some American jobs to Colombia and give the companies that do so a tax break too!
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