{"article":{"id":18008,"heading":"URGENT!!FAST TRACK VOTE TOMORROW!! TELL YOUR REP TO VOTE 'NO'!!","author":"CBLOC\/PCASC","created":"2002-07-26 18:40:40","modified":"2002-07-26 18:40:40","last_modified":"Sat, 27 Jul 2002 01:40:40","article":"

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URGENT ACTION ALERT

OUTRAGEOUS FAST TRACK STEAMROLL - VOTE POSSIBLE TOMORROW (FRIDAY!)!

After kicking Rep. Rangel, Senator Rockefeller and all the conferees except Baucus out of the

room at midnight yesterday, Rep. Bill \"bulldozer\" Thomas and Senator Max

\"spineless weasel\" Baucus stayed up all night selling us out on Fast Track.

No one has any actual paper on the deal they cut (NOT EVEN THE OTHER MEMBERS

OF THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE!), but we know that TAA was gutted, Dayton-Craig

made into a sliver of its former Senate self and of course the Gramm

anti-labor and environmental language is still in along with the gruesome

chapter 11 provisions!

NOW THOMAS IS TRYING TO STEAMROLL THIS DEAL THROUGH AND IS GEARING UP FOR A

VOTE TOMORROW!

While the White House and GOP House leadership is running around pressuring

the key GOP votes, Rep. Cal Dooley and his band of Dem free-traitors are

working on the key swing Dem votes.

CONGRESS MUST HEAR FROM THEIR CONSTITUENTS THAT THIS PROCESS IS OUTRAGEOUS!

CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE IN DC:

1-877-611-0063 (AFL-CIO SPONSORED TOLL FREE NUMBER)

1-202-224-3121 (CAPITOL HILL SWITCHBOARD)

Tell the operator your Rep's name (or give them your zip-code to find your

Rep) and when you are connected to this\/her office, ask for the Chief of

Staff, Legislative Director, Trade Aide or the Representative him\/herself.

KEY TALKING POINTS:

1) END RUN ON SUBSTANCE: This is a way for the Thomas gang to shove through

everything they have wanted and gut everything they don't without leaving anyone

the time to figure out what they are doing! They have continually whittled

down the already weak Senate version of TAA, gutted Dayton-Craig and never

fixed the chapter 11 and Gramm language problems in the first place (even

though the NEW YORK TIMES came out against chapter 11 in an editorial

today!). The most information we have been able to find out is

is that the TAA COBRA healthcare subsidy is down to 65% and truckers,

contract workers, service workers and other secondary workers are not

covered; the Dayton-Craig amendment on trade laws is watered down to an ineffective

level, CH 11 and Gramm problems have not been fixed. There is more, but no one has the

documents on it because they are

keeping it secret even from other members of Congress!

2) OUTRAGEOUS PROCESS: If we don't stop this steamroller attempt in its

tracks, Representatives WON'T EVEN KNOW what horrible substance is in the

bill because they won't have any time to analyze or debate the 100+ pages of

legal text until AFTER THE VOTE! This legislation will set trade policy for

the next 5 years - and they want to ram their newly cooked up bill through

without anyone even knowing what is in it!

3) DEMAND A PUBLIC STATEMENT: Constituents DEMAND a public statement TODAY

from Representatives saying that they will not be stampeded into a vote on

Fast Track. Reps MUST stop this secretive steamroll - some may disagree on the substance, but

everyone agrees that this process is UNACCEPTABLE!

Constituents should demand to see such a statement and give Rep's offices

their emails to cc them.

WE HAVE STOPPED THEM BEFORE AND WE MUST STOP THEM AGAIN!

THIS IS DO OR DIE TIME, SO PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL YOUR REPRESENATIVE

NOW!

For more information or to let us know what your Rep said, contact

gtwfield@citizen.org<\/a> \/ 202-454-546-4996









Katie West

Organizer

Internship Coordinator

Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch

215 Pennsylvania Ave. SE

Washington, D.C. 20003

(202) 454-5129

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