"Sheets" Byrd, regardless of your opinion of his segregationalist, Klannish beliefs, had it right on when he said said on the floor of the senate to trust him, China was going to screw us on this. I backed up his sentiment then and will back it up now, despite how offensive I find his other views. When a person is right, he's right. Period.
Byrd also voted AGAINST Kerry's pet project of ending the embargo against Viet Nam without the control of the Viet Nam Human Rights Act (which tied non-humanitarian aid to a provable improvement on Hanoi's human rights record). He was right on that one, too. I threw that in because I didn't know if you knew it or not.
ANYHOW, the "GOP" isn't the party that pushed PNTR. John Kerry pushed it, Tom Daschle pushed it, Bill Clinton pushed it...Democrat leaders pushed it, and you cite a coupla RINOS for and a coupla yellowdogs against? NONE of this has ANYTHING to do with the topic of this thread.
You're not very old are you REALLY?
I posted facts, documented facts. 85 yes, 15 no and most of the no's were Rats. Spin away, but those are the facts. The GOP pushed for PNTR with the Chicoms. And then there is NAFTA and WTO.