NO CAFTA NO CF:

CAFTA in Peril on Capitol Hill: One Business Leader Gives Lawmakers an Ultimatum (Thomas B. Edsall, 6/12/05, Washington Post)

With the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) in serious trouble, a prominent business leader recently laid it on the line: Business groups are prepared to cut off campaign contributions to House members who oppose the pact.

"If you [lawmakers] are going to vote against it, it's going to cost you," Thomas J. Donohue, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, warned recently during a meeting on Capitol Hill of leaders of a 500-plus business-trade association coalition with more than 500 members.

Let's see how many Republicans dislike Latinos more than they like money.

Posted by Orrin Judd at June 13, 2005 12:00 AM