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Next trade deal depends on lame duck? |
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Written by Stumo
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Sunday, 21 September 2008 |
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Public Citizen's blog found this potential lame duck mischief today on Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress will not approve any free trade agreements before the November 4 presidential election but could vote on the pacts afterward if President George W. Bush calls lawmakers back for a "lame duck" session, a senior Democratic congressman said on Thursday.
"Definitely we can't do anything before the election," House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel told reporters when asked whether Congress might vote this year on deals with Colombia, Panama and South Korea.
Many lawmakers are loathe to vote on trade deals just before facing voters at the polls, and the Colombian and the South Korean deals have issues that make them particularly controversial.
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Washington, October 22, 2008 - Keith Bolin, ACGA President and Bureau Co., IL farmer and hog producer, announces the American Corn Growers 22nd Annual Convention in Coralville, IA, January 15-16, 2009 at the Marriott Hotel and Conference Center. "Food, Conservation, Energy & Trade 2009" will boast a line-up of well-known industry leaders who will address the current policies and practices of food, conservation, energy and trade.
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