CAFTA vote story

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[Happy2BMe]

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FINAL CAFTA VOTE ROLL CALL - How did your Congressman Vote?

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[Happy2BMe]

"Twist some Republican arms until they break in a thousand pieces."

That statement by Representative Jim Kolbe (R-Arizona) describes the Republican leadership's rabid determination to get the U.S. House to pass the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) -- no matter what.

[Last Dakotan]

Sausage and legislation.

[blackeagle]

bump

[Happy2BMe]

Can somebody confirm or deny this?

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But on Thursday, the day after the vote, I received a telephone call from a talk radio host in Congressman Taylor's district. He told me he had asked Mr. Taylor that morning why he didn't vote against CAFTA as he had pledged.

The talk radio host told me "Taylor said he had voted 'no'...but somebody changed it and Mr. Taylor was furious."

"'I voted NO,' Mr. Taylor announced in a terse statement on Thursday, saying the House clerk's written log showed his vote...."
-- New York Times, July 29, 2005.

[ex-snook]

"they simply violated the time limit in order to keep twisting arms and making deals until they finally had bought or coerced enough votes to pass CAFTA nearly an hour later."

Well, er, ah, no. The final vote will be held up for fifteen months until November 2006.

[international american]

Tell me again how we are superior to the Dims??

[Happy2BMe]

See #6.

[international american]

2006........................let the bloodbath begin! : )

[dennisw]

Another chump trade deal. Sold out again by the corporate interests, same as in NAFTA. Did NAFTA make average Mexicans wealthier thus reducing illegal immigration? No! Came will happen with this dumb ass trade deal. Free trade my butt!

[Happy2BMe]

"Did NAFTA make average Mexicans wealthier thus reducing illegal immigration?"* * *

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"This is disturbing, because, like you, I am against illegal immigration.

[jpsb]

"'I voted NO,' Mr. Taylor announced in a terse statement on Thursday"

It wasn't me

That my story and I'm sticking to it. LOL, bye bye Mr. Tayor. Anyone remember female the D rep that campaigned on not raises taxes and voted for the Clinton Tax increase. As I recall D leadership 'walked her down to the poll placee, and stood bye while she voted', Mr. Taylor will most likely share her fate.

[brooklyn dave]

It sounds like Senate and House rules are being made, changed and broken all the time....by both sides...and when one side does something the other doesn't like, they act as though a mortal sin has been committed.

[SwinneySwitch]

My demonrat congresscritter voted against CAFTA, but there is no way I'll ever vote for him! If he's unopposed, I'll write in somebody, even though it won't count!.

Need to pursue this wrongly counted vote, if true!

[jpsb]

I have never known Bush to lie, he is nothing if not honest about his positions, and it's been very clear for a long time that Bush is very pro open borders. Things must be getting very very hot in the kitchen for Bush to write a letter like this.

[Happy2BMe]

Erp . . the letter was dtd 5 Oct., 1995.

Before he changed his tune.

[jackbenimble]

Things must be getting very very hot in the kitchen for Bush to write a letter like this

That letter was written whil President Bush was Governor of Texas.

[jpsb]

thanks for the correction, guess it's not hot enough in the kitchen yet.

[DumpsterDiver]

The talk radio host told me "Taylor said he had voted 'no'...but somebody changed it and Mr. Taylor was furious."

There are two Taylors shown in the final vote tally.

There is a Taylor from Missssippi who is recorded as having voted No. (I'm too lazy to go look up this person's first name.)

Chas. Taylor from NC was one of two members who is recorded as having not voted.

Source

Now, maybe you can help me out. There were 217 ayes, 215 noes and 2 not voting. That totals 434. There are 435 members in the House. Who did they leave out? Was someone absent that night?

[swampfox98]

Gee, do you think something like Arkancide will be done on the dissenting Pubs when Bush wants to pass free trade with South America?

Oh, well we won't think about that today. Heck, let's see what the new fall fashions are going to be. "Don't bother me with politics", says far too many stupid Americans.