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

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[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)

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[Tulane]

OOh, OOh, I know:

Could it be because the TV's and other manufactured goods are cheaper when there is free trade?

[Ex-expromissor]

Did you watch the debate before the vote on CSPAN? Very telling. The concerns over the effects of CAFTA on the American Worker was most often NOT the main subject of the arguments presented by the Repubs who supported CAFTA and likewise the Dems who opposed CAFTA. The concerns were overwhelmingly centered on the effects CAFTA would have on the Central American workers. It was obvious that most of the Dems would have voted for CAFTA if it had provisions that "International Standards Of Labor Practices" would be guaranteed to the Central American workers with the bill. The small number of Repubs who did vote against CAFTA voiced concerns about the effects of the bill on the American worker, along with the transition of authority over trade regulation to a foreign body of un-elected bureaucrats (The WTO), the Constitutionality of it etc... The willingness of some on these forums to lump Conservatives like myself who are against CAFTA in with the left on this issue proved to be absurd because of the statements presented last night by the opposing Dems.

Next step... The FTAA. Mr Bush has stated that he would like to see that passed by the end of 2005. He'll probably get it judging by last nights vote. Pathetic....

[conservativebabe]

I don't care what people say about Tancredo, on immigration, he is right on. At least he has a pair.

[Tulane]

I'll take a shot:

Free trade pacts like CAFTA are good because it opens markets for the US economy that were formally closed, it allows cheaper goods to flow into the US (building our ability to purchase goods at cheaper prices), and enhances our economy by creating jobs.

[Happy2BMe]

"The small number of Repubs who did vote against CAFTA voiced concerns about the effects of the bill on the American worker, along with the transition of authority over trade regulation to a foreign body of un-elected bureaucrats (The WTO), the Constitutionality of it etc..."

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Yes, I witnessed the carnage. Their political careers will now be blacklisted.

It's the RINO way.

[CSM]

"When you lose control of the majority of your market segments, where does the economy go?"

Is it the responsibility of the Government to "control" market segments or is it the role of the market to control itself?

[absolootezer0]

ah, missed her. always liked her tho. any idea if she's gonna challenge stabenow?

[w6ai5q37b]

Many years ago, the company I worked for sent part of its manufacturing capability to Mexico as a cost-cutting move. For two years, they worked with the Mexican employees to train them on the proper techniques for building and testing quality products.

I know, I'd probably have an easier time explaining the situation to my dog. I sure hope Jesus comes back soon.

[Syds Dad]

If it were up to these guys.. Very few of us would be talking about this right now. Why? Because computers would still cost about $1500-$2000 like they did back in the 80s, and we'd still be pushing out 100mhz pentium chips with our 14.4k baud dialup modems.

If it were up to the protectionists, that's where we would be today.

[Tulane]

NAFTA was 100 times bigger than CAFTA...did we lose all of our jobs? What is the unemployment rate since NAFTA? What is the unemployment rate in protectionist France? Just curious...

[azhenfud]

Have you any idea the economic growth of China in the same period to which you refer?

[Syds Dad]

Follow up..

But Damnit! We'd have our manufacturing facilities here! That's what matters the most!

[Lekker 1]

The U.S. has used free markets and free trade to climb to the top of the global mountain. I have full confidence that free trade will continue to keep us up there. I am amazed at the number of freepers that are against "free" trade, without Government interference.

[cripplecreek]

I think she is considering a challenge to Stabenow.

[Tulane]

But we'd all of jobs...people don't realize that the Soviet Union had 100% employment. I know that is an extreme analogy, but give me a break. The unemployment rate is 5%...what is it in France again?

[international american]

Get ready for the flood of illegals from Central America.
The flood of illegals from Mexico into California has helped close 12 major hospitals in 18 months. 95% of all murder warrants in LA County are for illegals. Maybe Central Americans won't commit as many crimes that native Americans are unwilling to commit : )

[DumpsterDiver]

Looks like most of the NC delegation voted "nay".
Good.

With the vote being 217 to 215, I'm wondering why these two Republicans decided to abstain from voting:

• Charles H. Taylor (R-NC, 11th district)

• Jo Ann Davis (R-VA, 1st district)

[Tulane]

When you're coming from nothing, what do you expect? Is China worried about inflation, because the should be.

[Syds Dad]

I know.. I'm simply stunned at the ignorance of economics and history on here of what otherwise would seem to be reasonable people.

[madison10]

I'm kinda torn. I agree with free trade on the surface, but I don't like seeing the jobs leave, in other words, I like having a roof over my head.