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A decade ago, the U.S. Congress traded away our economic future with back-room deals and passed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Since then over 700,000 jobs have been lost in the U.S. and 8 million more people in Mexico are living in poverty. The proposed Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) will extend this nightmare to 6 more nations. 

In the Senate,  CAFTA passed  in a very close 54-45 vote on June 30th.  WE HAVE NOT LOST!  This was the closest Senate vote on a trade pact since NAFTA.  The bill still has to pass the House, where opposition to CAFTA is much stronger.   We have always known that we will have to defeat CAFTA in the House, not the Senate. 

CAFTA came out of the House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday, in a 24-11 vote.  The House is expected to vote on CAFTA sometime after the week-long 4th of July recess. Representatives should be in their districts until Congress begins again on July 11th.   Please take some time during the next week to educate your representatives about what you think about CAFTA!  Now is the time to act!