Why did the House of Representatives vote on CAFTA?
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Why did the vote on it or why did the vote the way they did?\n\nThe vote was close, 54-45 in favor of.  \n\nBasically it's all about money.\n\nDR-CAFTA encompasses the following components:\n\n    * All public services are to be open to private investment.\n    * Governments promise to grant ironclad guarantees to foreign investment.\n    * All government purchases must be open to transnational bids.\n    * Governments pledge to reduce and eventually to eliminate tariffs and other measures that protect domestic products.\n    * Duty-free import and elimination of subsidies on agricultural products.\n    * Privatization of and monopoly over technological know-how.\n    * Governments commit to phase out protectionist barriers in all sectors.\n    * The dismantling of national monopolies.\n    * The right of transnationals to sue countries in private international courts.\n    * The enforcement of environmental laws and improvement of the environment.\n    * The enforcment of the International Labour Organization's core labor standards.\n    * The reduction of government corruption.\n    * Test-Data Exclusivity for pharmaceutical corporations
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Republicans did opposed filibusters they were plotting to eradicate the articles that permit filibusters in the parliamentary process. They submitted amendments. Now that they are in Minority its possible they will try to use them. Hypocrisy? This proves how much people watch CSPAN. IS ALL THERE IN THE debates. Please syntonize CSPAN and watch how the political debate goes in the House and Senate, we will see life testimony of whats going on.
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The continental congress voted it.  Benjamin Franklin wanted the wild turkey.\n\nBald eagles are not extinct.
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When a corporation donates $100K to a candidate, they expect a return on that investment. Your friendly neighborhood Member of Congress is happy to provide that return, since it comes out of the National Treasury and not his (or her) own pocket.\n\nEliminate the system that makes Members so dependent on campaign contributions. Each candidate gets an equal amount of free TV time, free radio time, free newspaper space, free mailings, web page, etc. None of these annoying 30 second spots, just the daily speech or debate or whatever.\n\nIn short, alter things so that the Members are more concerned with directly winning votes via serving their constituents than with BUYING votes via advertising blitz.
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No.  It passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 238-182 and was referred to the Senate where it is currently located in the Judiciary Committee.
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Your absolutely right, but don't forget that we put these people into office.  When people vote for legislators, they are voting for all the things they want to do for themselves as well.\n\nThere are many congresspersons who vote against raises, but they are often out numbered.  The goal of the people is to vote for those who aren't all about money. \n\nThanks for making me think! :)
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Yes, this is one of those instances where the MINORITY has voiced their opinion loudly and then filibustered any measures ont he subject. \n\nThe majority doesn't feel it needs to organize since we (supposedly) elected representatives to represent our wants, desires, and needs. Sadly, the majority doesn't do that for us anymore....
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Because that hole fiasco was a sham of an issue that backfired on the GOP. The general public has a very low opinion of many big name Republicans right now and they're scared.  Like flag burning and gay marriage, they're dragging out all of their 'go-to' conservative issues to get the conservative base energized and out to the polls to vote.  The problem is, the White House knows that Latino voters - who mostly have conservative values - voted Bush into office in 2004 - especially in Ohio and Florida.  Now, they know they've pissed off many, many swing voters and they dropped it like a hot potato.  Plus, many of the the big contributors to their campaigns are employers of aliens and they made calls.
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Congress has been involved in baseball. The Congress let MLB get around the anti-trust rules.
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I'm all for depth-charging the Senate bill, and going with the House bill which is 100% enforcement. This is getting stupid. Too many stupid greedy politicians have made promises that the rest of the country is now supposed to live up to on their behalf, and it just ain't happenin'. I think enforcement, coupled with some no-joke fine structures, will be a GREAT dis-incentive for pie-in-the-sky legislators/legislation.  There's lots of poor countries around the world. They would ALL like to move to america.\nThey'd VERY MUCH like to move to america...like, really, a lot, and stuff. You don't mind, do you? LOLOL
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Take into consideration there are still a lot of votes out there...but here's my take on it.\n\nThe majority of controversy, as well as disapproval, has taken place with the senate.  House representatives tend to be more in-touch with constituents because they're almost constantly working for re-election (since their terms are only 2 years, as opposed to the Senate 6-year term).  Approval ratings for reps are substantially higher, and they are well-known locally. Again, though, anything can happen tonight, there's still a lot undecided.
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Yes, I would. Yes, I have. \n\nYes, I have more to say ... your congressional representatives are there to serve you. They want to know how you feel about issues. They can't and don't vote in a vacuum. They are also great sources of help when you are having a problem with a government agency.
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They lobby congressmen to pass legislation favorable to their members. For example AAA supports issues affecting drivers like highway construction and maintenance. The AARP does issues that affect the elderly. They can also inform their members of how Congress votes on issues.
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I like to look at the "approval ratings" for members of Congress as given by the Americans for Democratic Action and the American Conservative Union.\n\nhttp://www.adaction.org/ADATodayVR2005.pdf\n\nhttp://www.acuratings.org/\n\nThese stats show how the Congressmen voted on particular legislation.
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An amendment to the constitution. Congress can only pass so many laws about voting, because in general elections are left up to the states. There's very little way for Congress to make anything uniform if it is left up to the states.
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The House of Representatives
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Because the majority of the American public does not want it.  In every chance it has been in the ballots the votes show that the public don't want it.\n\nJust leave it up to the public at elections