Business Lobbyists Recount How CAFTA Was Won

By Kate Ackley
Roll Call Staff
Aug. 1, 2005, 12 a.m.

A week before the vote on the Central American Free Trade Agreement, several business groups passed the hat and raised almost $300,000 for an all-out, last-minute grass-roots effort. The result was that more than 18,000 calls from voters were patched through to a select group of conflicted Members.



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Cardin: U.S. Needs to Keep Pace Developing Energy Technology

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Today, too many Americans are out of work. Today, we will send $1 billion overseas to satisfy our appetite for foreign oil, while the Chinese will continue their massive investment in clean energy technology. Today, our nation faces an economic crisis, an energy crisis and a global climate crisis. Read Full Article

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