Democrat Whip Predicts CAFTA will Pass
July 20, 2005
According to Congressional Daily, a House vote is expected on CAFTA next week as the bill has been moved out of the House Ways and Means Committee. House Democratic Whip Hoyer told reporters yesterday that he believed the bill would likely pass the House, stating that "Republicans usually do get the votes." This comes as administration officials have begun a full press to gain votes from undecided Representatives and as Hoyer reaffirmed his decision with Nancy Pelosi to not make a vote on CAFTA a "party-line" vote. In the past few days, CAFTA supporters have announced $20 million for fiscal year 2005 in funding to investigate labor and environmental protections in CAFTA countries.