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FINAL CAFTA VOTE ROLL CALL - How did your Congressman Vote?
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Posted on 07/28/2005 8:13:58 AM PDT by Happy2BMe

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 443
(Republicans in roman; Democrats in italic; Independents underlined)

      H R 3045      RECORDED VOTE      28-Jul-2005      12:03 AM
      QUESTION:  On Passage
      BILL TITLE: Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act

Ayes Noes PRES NV
Republican 202 27   2
Democratic 15 187    
Independent   1    
TOTALS 217 215   2


---- AYES    217 ---

Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Bachus
Baker
Barrett (SC)
Bartlett (MD)
Barton (TX)
Bass
Bean
Beauprez
Biggert
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blunt
Boehlert
Boehner
Bonilla
Bonner
Bono
Boozman
Bradley (NH)
Brady (TX)
Brown (SC)
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Calvert
Camp
Cannon
Cantor
Carter
Castle
Chabot
Chocola
Cole (OK)
Conaway
Cooper
Cox
Crenshaw
Cuellar
Culberson
Cunningham
Davis (KY)
Davis, Tom
Deal (GA)
DeLay
Dent
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Dicks
Doolittle
Drake
Dreier
Duncan
Ehlers
Emerson
English (PA)
Everett
Feeney
Ferguson
Fitzpatrick (PA)
Flake
Foley
Forbes
Fortenberry
Fossella
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Gerlach
Gibbons
Gilchrest
Gillmor
Gingrey
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Granger
Graves
Green (WI)
Hall
Harris
Hart
Hastert
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Hayworth
Hefley
Hensarling
Herger
Hinojosa
Hobson
Hoekstra
Hulshof
Hyde
Inglis (SC)
Issa
Istook
Jefferson
Jenkins
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, Sam
Keller
Kelly
Kennedy (MN)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kirk
Kline
Knollenberg
Kolbe
Kuhl (NY)
LaHood
Latham
LaTourette
Leach
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Lucas
Lungren, Daniel E.
Manzullo
Marchant
Matheson
McCaul (TX)
McCrery
McKeon
McMorris
Meeks (NY)
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller, Gary
Moore (KS)
Moran (KS)
Moran (VA)
Murphy
Musgrave
Myrick
Neugebauer
Northup
Nunes
Nussle
Ortiz
Osborne
Oxley
Pearce
Pence
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Pitts
Platts
Poe
Pombo
Porter
Price (GA)
Pryce (OH)
Putnam
Radanovich
Ramstad
Regula
Reichert
Renzi
Reynolds
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Ryun (KS)
Saxton
Schwarz (MI)
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shaw
Shays
Sherwood
Shimkus
Shuster
Skelton
Smith (TX)
Snyder
Sodrel
Souder
Stearns
Sullivan
Sweeney
Tanner
Terry
Thomas
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Towns
Turner
Upton
Walden (OR)
Walsh
Wamp
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wicker
Wilson (NM)
Wilson (SC)
Wolf
Young (AK)
Young (FL)

---- NOES    215 ---

Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
Andrews
Baca
Baird
Baldwin
Barrow
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Berry
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boren
Boswell
Boucher
Boustany
Boyd
Brady (PA)
Brown (OH)
Brown, Corrine
Butterfield
Capito
Capps
Capuano
Cardin
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carson
Case
Chandler
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coble
Conyers
Costa
Costello
Cramer
Crowley
Cubin
Cummings
Davis (AL)
Davis (CA)
Davis (FL)
Davis (IL)
Davis (TN)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Edwards
Emanuel
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Evans
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Ford
Foxx
Frank (MA)
Garrett (NJ)
Gonzalez
Goode
Gordon
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Gutknecht
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Herseth
Higgins
Hinchey
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hooley
Hostettler
Hoyer
Hunter
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jindal
Johnson, E. B.
Jones (NC)
Jones (OH)
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kennedy (RI)
Kildee
Kilpatrick (MI)
Kind
Kucinich
Langevin
Lantos
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lynch
Mack
Maloney
Markey
Marshall
Matsui
McCarthy
McCollum (MN)
McCotter
McDermott
McGovern
McHenry
McHugh
McIntyre
McKinney
McNulty
Meehan
Meek (FL)
Melancon
Menendez
Michaud
Millender-McDonald
Miller (MI)
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Mollohan
Moore (WI)
Murtha
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Ney
Norwood
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Otter
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Paul
Payne
Pelosi
Peterson (MN)
Pomeroy
Price (NC)
Rahall
Rangel
Rehberg
Reyes
Ross
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sabo
Salazar
Sánchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sanders
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schwartz (PA)
Scott (GA)
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Sherman
Simmons
Simpson
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Solis
Spratt
Stark
Strickland
Stupak
Tancredo
Tauscher
Taylor (MS)
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Van Hollen
Velázquez
Visclosky
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Wexler
Woolsey
Wu
Wynn

---- NOT VOTING    2 ---

Davis, Jo Ann
Taylor (NC)




TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 109th; cafta; prostitutes; rollcall; whores
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To: Tulane

Russia has prtective trade laws and their economy is growing at a bout 10% per year for the last few years.


221 posted on 07/28/2005 11:17:53 AM PDT by TXBSAFH (The pursuit of life, liberty, and higher tax revenue (amended by the supreme 5).)
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To: TXBSAFH

Oy veh...they also had 100% employment under the communist regime. They are much more open now than they were before.


222 posted on 07/28/2005 11:20:10 AM PDT by Tulane
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To: Tulane
Nice strawman...what does our government's inability to enforce trade law with China have to do with Cafta? Answer: zero.

Not a strawman, you just gave the exact same list of reasons why this would be good as the promoters of "free trade" with China gives

223 posted on 07/28/2005 11:20:19 AM PDT by Colorado Doug (Diversity is divisive. E. Pluribus Unum)
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To: Dan from Michigan
What I really don't get is that one of his aides was at the county EC meeting last night and I could have sworn she said he'd be voting against it. I've been wracking my brains trying to remember exactly what she said. Whatever it was, it left me with such a strong impression that he'd vote nay that I didn't bother watching the vote.

Baffled!

224 posted on 07/28/2005 11:20:46 AM PDT by grellis (Funkle Queen)
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To: nutmeg

find later


225 posted on 07/28/2005 11:21:04 AM PDT by nutmeg ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
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To: Colorado Doug

don't understand the post.


226 posted on 07/28/2005 11:22:38 AM PDT by Tulane
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To: Tulane
Human Smuggling Crackdown

July 14, 2005 -- A new task force was developed to keep human smuggling on our border from turning into slave labor and sex slavery in other parts of the country.
The Salvation Army is leading the effort by developing task forces in Denver, Las Vegas, Anchorage and El Paso.

El Paso is considered the corridor for trafficking, the other cities are destinations.

"These individuals many times are forced into situations such as forced labor or even sexual exploitation to maybe to pay off a debt like their smuggling fee," said Leticia Zamarripa with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The El Paso police department is the lead agency in El Paso. It's being helped by federal agencies and some non-government groups.

It is still in its infancy stage, but officers are asking the community to report suspicious activity.

Task force to focus on sex slavery

In fact, the U.S. attorney in Colorado recently closed nine Korean spas, saying they were being used as covers for brothels and that the women were unwilling participants.

"I feel terrible for these poor souls," Borodkin said. "They're lost and they're trapped. They need help and we need to let people know this is occurring. We need to get a handle on the numbers."

Ann Terry, an official with the Colorado Department of Public Safety, said that will be difficult because busts in the sex slave industry tend to result in the women being arrested under anti-prostitution laws instead of being treated as victims of sexual slavery.

North Korean Refugees Frequent Victims of Human Trafficking

Connecticut to receive $448,983 to fight human trafficking

"This money will train our public safety officers to identify and root out those who recruit and coerce immigrants into prostitution or forced labor," Rell said. "Our primary goal is to rescue trafficking victims. We can do that by assuring that our law enforcement officials receive proper training."

State Sen. Andrea Stillman, D-Waterford, chairman of the Connecticut Interagency Task Force on Trafficking in Persons, said there is a meeting later this summer to coordinate the state's effort against human trafficking.

"These federal funds will provide a vital piece of the puzzle, helping public safety officials recognize and rescue trafficking victims," Stillman said.

Traffickers are known to use a variety of techniques to keep victims enslaved, including confiscating passports and visas, keeping them honor-bound to satisfy debts, isolating them from family, using or threatening violence and telling victims they'll be deported if they contact authorities.

Trafficking of human beings is the fastest growing criminal industry in the world. According to the U.S. State Department, nearly a million victims are trafficked across international borders and between 17,000 and 20,000 are brought into the U.S.

Open borders, doncha know.
227 posted on 07/28/2005 11:23:10 AM PDT by hedgetrimmer
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To: jpsb

LOL.. Explain to me how **FARMERS** were unable to **FEED** their families because of NAFTA.


I can't wait to hear this one... and I'll revert to my previous statement.. "I'm simply stunned at the ignorance of economics and history on here"


228 posted on 07/28/2005 11:24:28 AM PDT by Syds Dad
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To: hedgetrimmer
What you "free traders" are saying is that trade trumps everything, including the purposes of the US Constitution.

I'm not a "free trader". I happen to think that "free trade" is a great idea in theory, but will never work in practice. It follows the same model as pure democracy or pure capitalism.

If individual rights are protected, then tariffs, and revenue generated by tariffs are welcome.

If corporate "rights" (these are not officially recognized by the Constitution) are protected, then eliminating revenue generating tariffs are the name of the game.

I don't think I'm following you here. I don't think I'm talking about corporate rights, per se. I'm talking about fair trade across national borders. This should protect businesses regardless of whether they consist of one person selling fruit on a street corner, or a huge corporation. I don't think it comes down to any constitutional rights at all, it's more about protecting the security (in this case economic) of the country.

The country is made up of individuals, as are corporations. If the country's economy is suffering because of imbalance in trading practices, corporations suffer and therefore individuals suffer.

229 posted on 07/28/2005 11:24:48 AM PDT by Egon (By the way, I took the liberty of fertilizing your caviar.)
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To: Alberta's Child; B4Ranch
If you think the United States has any intention of honoring any decisions by this regulatory board that it thinks will be destructive to our business interests, you're dreaming.

But they don't mind honoring them if they hurt indivdual rights and usurp the US Constitution.
230 posted on 07/28/2005 11:25:01 AM PDT by hedgetrimmer
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To: Egon
I don't think I'm following you here

The Constitution was written to protect individual rights, you understand that, don't you?

All your arguments boil down to protecting "businesses".

The Constitution protects rights of individuals, not businesses. It is not the duty of the federal government to protect business per se, it is the duty of the federal government to protect indivudals who may or may not be businessmen.
231 posted on 07/28/2005 11:28:16 AM PDT by hedgetrimmer
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To: Happy2BMe
Both Idaho reps voted no. It's bad news for Idaho sugar beet farmers.
232 posted on 07/28/2005 11:28:19 AM PDT by Myrddin
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To: Tulane

I am not talking about their communist government. I am talking about the past 5 years. They have protectionism and their economy is booming.


233 posted on 07/28/2005 11:29:46 AM PDT by TXBSAFH (The pursuit of life, liberty, and higher tax revenue (amended by the supreme 5).)
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To: Syds Dad
"I'm simply stunned at the ignorance of economics the Constitution and its purpose-- that individual liberty and freedom must be protected."
234 posted on 07/28/2005 11:30:04 AM PDT by hedgetrimmer
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To: hedgetrimmer

And this is CAFTA or NAFTA's fault?? Are you suggesting this wasn't happening before NAFTA?


235 posted on 07/28/2005 11:30:17 AM PDT by Tulane
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To: Tulane
We want to sell in these markets, too. Think Washington Apples.

Who will be able to afford to buy them? The average income for the people there is pretty low. Will we artificially lower the price of these Washington apples, so they can afford them? How will the producers of these apples make a profit selling below cost?

What else does America still produce that can be sold to these countries? Most of the goods that we consume are now made in foreign countries. Exactly what are we exporting that Chileans, Columbians, etc, want or can afford?

If I want hand crafted native artifacts, I can already get them, mostly at the swapmeet : (

236 posted on 07/28/2005 11:30:55 AM PDT by TheSpottedOwl (UR 0wN3D: USSC-2005)
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To: hedgetrimmer

Understood, but that really has nothing to do with CAFTA.


237 posted on 07/28/2005 11:30:57 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (I ain't got a dime, but what I got is mine. I ain't rich, but Lord I'm free.)
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To: Tulane
NAFTA and the creation of the WTO, gave international bodies and institutions authority over the American people like no other trade treaty ever approved by Congress.

The only other treaties that have had at least as much or more detrimental effect on American citizens, was the Migratory bird treaty which was the basis of the Endangered Species Act, and the Rio Accords, signed by president HW Bush, and implemented by Clinton and GW Bush through executive order, the GATT and WTO and the NAFTA and CAFTA.
238 posted on 07/28/2005 11:34:26 AM PDT by hedgetrimmer
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To: Happy2BMe

Sickening, isn't it? Talk about lockstep march into the abyss, by the GOP. Let's not forget that the Dems voted against this enmasse, just because the President wants it. I would like for his head to be examined at this point.

If Clinton wanted this, the roll call would be the absolute opposite.


239 posted on 07/28/2005 11:35:44 AM PDT by TheSpottedOwl (UR 0wN3D: USSC-2005)
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To: Alberta's Child

Well yes it does. The CAFTA is enabling legislation. Just look at all the side agreements that are now part of the CAFTA. There will be more.


240 posted on 07/28/2005 11:36:01 AM PDT by hedgetrimmer
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