From Instapundit:
UPDATE: "What a strange and discouraging symbol: Supporting more trade with a Communist dictatorship, and enemy of the United States; versus opposing more trade with a democratic ally." Read more
Shelve Colombia Bill: House: 224-195 to Dodge Colombia Vote# from Wall Street Journal#
After 17 years, Pelosi led efforts to shelve Colombia's Free Trade agreement... This is not good at all...
Democrat's 'shelve Colombia' bill in an election year while paying off organized labor and other antitrade yahoos... The gambit is especially humiliating for Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangel, a free-trader who has been trying to strike a deal with the Administration but keeps getting rolled by Ms. Pelosi...Read more.
How this will impact our Colombian friends and allies, is yet to be determined.
President of the Republic of Colombia, Doctor Álvaro Uribe Velez, with a 80% Approval Rating, Battled for Democrats For Support ; and lost!
Pelosi's Bad Faith
April 10, 2008
Over 90% of Colombian imports enter the U.S. duty-free, while the agreement would open the Colombian market to American goods that face tariffs as high as 35%... For the Democrat's objection that Bogotá isn't doing enough to protect labor activists; any excuse will do... Uribe's reduction of murders of trade unionists have fallen by almost 80% since 2002; including reduction of violence by nearly every measure, particularly against narco-traffickers...
Gatewaypundit has THIS:
"The Democratic point man on Colombia was recently caught dealing with the Colombian FARC Marxist terrorists!!!" Read!Sounds like today's news about our "AGING (but really politically and mechanically altered) Airlines"... And a good deal of effort to clean-out my Nation which could severely backfire for Dem. led Congress! Do not vote for this!
"Congressman James McGovern (D., Mass.), a leading opponent of the free-trade deal. Mr. McGovern has been working with an American go-between, who has been offering the rebels help in undermining Colombia's elected and popular government."
Full Article.
