CAFTA Hearing and the Kerry Amendment

[kerrygoddess]

CAFTA Hearing and the Kerry Amendment
13 June 2005

It appears John Kerry will be busy tomorrow with the Energy Bill debate set to start and Kerry is slated to offer an amendment with Jim Jeffords and the CAFTA hearing is also scheduled for tomorrow at 10:00 est.

Details are sketchy, but John Kerry’s Senate website has three documents available on CAFTA, including the Kerry CAFTA amendment, a letter of support for the amendment and a comparison of labor obligations under the Jordan FTA and CAFTA.

We will be posting more details on Kerry’s amendments for both CAFTA and the Energy Bill as soon as they are available.

LINKS - http://www.lightupthedarkness.org/blog/default.asp?view=plink&id=1075

[Mass]

1. I will feel sorry if Kerry votes for CAFTA, even with this amendment

It would mean it relies on Bush to apply the provisions he knows are not applied in NAFTA.

I am all for fair trade, but fair trade means that the person at the head can be trusted to enforce it.

[kerrygoddess]

3. Kerry's amendment

Covers the issues that Bush has let slide. Personally I'm not going to jump to conclusions as to how Kerry will vote. Given the fact that he has opposed CAFTA for over a year, he may vote for his amendment and against the actual CAFTA bill.

I noticed you already posted the press release from Raw Story, there's more in my post on LUTD that Raw Story does not have - http://www.lightupthedarkness.org/blog/default.asp?view=plink&id=1076

[Mass]

4. I did not jump to conclusions on how Kerry will vote

I said IF.

[kerrygoddess]

5. It's clear Kerry opposes CAFTA as is!

I'm sorry, "if" sounds like a projection to me.

[TayTay]

2. KG, and all else

The Senate Finance Comm has put up the official CAFTA docs here:
http://finance.senate.gov/sitepages/hearings.htm

Thanks!