May 10, 2007
WHO WON IN NOVEMBER?:
Bush and Democrats in accord on labor rights in trade deals (Steven R. Weisman, May 10, 2007, NY Times)
The Bush administration and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, breaking a partisan impasse that had dragged on for months, reached an agreement this evening on the rights of workers overseas to join labor unions.Both sides predicted that the agreement would clear the way for congressional approval of several pending trade agreements. [...]
Despite the endorsement of Rangel and Speaker Pelosi, many Democrats say that half or more of the Democrats in Congress may vote against the deal. But the agreement is expected to pass with strong backing among Republicans, whose leaders will urge them to vote with President George W. Bush.
Have you thanked the Netroots today.... Posted by Orrin Judd at May 10, 2007 10:18 PM
How does this square with reports that the US-Uruaguay free trade pact is pretty much dead as Pelosi et al ignored the Uruguay delegation that was in DC to talk about the deal while other Democrats in the House used the opportunity to bash Uruguay on civil rights, environmental issues, etc and basically tell Uruguay no deal?
Posted by: AWW at May 11, 2007 8:22 AM