CAFTA Mock up vote on Tuesday. Call Wyden/Smith

Submitted by David e. Delk on June 13, 2005 - 10:38pm

this message is from Public Citizen. Contact info for Wyden is included. But we need to contat Gordon Smith as well. Both are on the Senate Finance Committee who will hold hearings on CAFTA.

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SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE TO MARK-UP CAFTA ON TUESDAY 6/14!

Senator Ron Wyden is a Key Vote on CAFTA.

Please Call Today and Tell Him to Vote NO on CAFTA!

DC Office Phone:
202-224-5244

District Office Phones:
Portland: 503-326-7525
Eugene: 541-431-0229
Bend: 541-330-9142
LaGrande: 541-962-7691
Medford: 541-858-5122
Salem: 503-589-4555

Background:

The Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA also known as DR-CAFTA) is an expansion of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and would create a trade and investment bloc that includes Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, and the United States.

It's been a whole year since CAFTA was signed, and thanks to the hard work of concerned citizens like you, the Administration hasn't been able to get the votes it needs to pass it in Congress. Good work!

But it's not over yet - as the Senate goes fishing for votes, we need a big push to make sure it never sees the light of day!

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R-IA) has indicated that the Committee will be completing a "mock markup" of CAFTA on Tuesday, June 14, 2005 and the Bush Administration is sending a strong message that they are once again ready to test whether they have enough votes in Congress to pass CAFTA.

Quick passage through the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee could set the administration up for their goal—a vote on CAFTA before July 4th.

Let's make sure they come up short! If the Administration realizes that it doesn't have the votes to pass CAFTA, it may never come up for a vote. But with enough Congress members being tight-lipped about their position, no one knows exactly what the outcome will be.

TAKE ACTION – CALL SENATOR WYDEN TODAY!

*PLEASE EMAIL US AT gtwinfo@citizen.org TO LET US KNOW WHERE YOUR
SENATOR STANDS ON CAFTA!*

SAMPLE CALL SCRIPTS AND TALKING POINTS:

American Friends Service Committee:
www.afsc.org/trade-matters/stop-the-cafta-vote
Stop CAFTA Coalition: www.stopcafta.org

NEWS AND GENERAL INFO ON CAFTA:

Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch: www.tradewatch.org/cafta
Citizens Trade Campaign (CTC): www.citizenstrade.org/cafta.php