Bush Pushes for CAFTA
May 27, 2005
This week's issue of Inside Us Trade reports that President George W. Bush is personally getting involved in the effort to pass CAFTA. While numerous Congressional officials, citing the large opposition to CAFTA, have asked the President to get involved, he has done little to personally advocate passage until this week. On May 24, he met with a group of House Republicans who are opposed to CAFTA and yesterday he met with a group of Democratic and Republican Senators with varying positions on CAFTA. Most of Bush's cabinet members are making calls to legislators in an attempt to gain more votes for the agreement.