An anti-FTAA victory.Members of Arizona's Senate and House affirmed af·firm v. af·firmed, af·firm·ing, af·firms v.tr. 1. To declare positively or firmly; maintain to be true. 2. To support or uphold the validity of; confirm. v.intr. their dissatisfaction with phony "free trade" agreements by, voting to for-really request rejection at the federal level of the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas The Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) (Spanish: Área de Libre Comercio de las Américas (ALCA), French: Zone de libre-échange des Amériques (ZLÉA), Portuguese: Área de Livre Comércio das Américas (FTAA FTAA Free Trade Area of the Americas FTAA Free Trade Agreement of the Americas FTAA Florida Turkish American Association FTAA Federated Tanners Association of Australia FTAA Fixed Threshold Adaptation Algorithm ), a pact that would create a so-called free trade agreement between 34 countries in North and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Called the House Concurrent Memorial 2006, the resolution urges the Congress not to enter the FTAA because the FTAA does not represent true free trade and does not safeguard American constitutional principles. The body of the resolution includes the following findings:
Whereas, the United States has always
been the world leader in pushing
for flee trade, which is the hallmark
of our capitalistic society: and
Whereas, both the World Trade
Organization (WTO) and the North
American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA), through the use of trade
tribunals, now claim the sovereign
authority to overrule decisions of
American courts and make awards to
foreign businesses for violations of
trade agreements; ...
The Arizona House and Senate urged that "the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. Congress vote no on any agreement for the United States to enter into a Free Trade Area of the Americas" and that copies of this go to the President of the United States The head of the Executive Branch, one of the three branches of the federal government. The U.S. Constitution sets relatively strict requirements about who may serve as president and for how long. Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and each Member of Congress from the State of Arizona. This resolution was passed by the Arizona House by a vote of 49 to 6 and in the Senate by a vote of 16 to 13. It was filed in the Office of the Secretary of State on April 19, 2005. Activity in the House was pushed by resolution sponsors Rep. Judy Burges and Rep. Ted Carpenter. In the Senate, Sen. Karen Johnson quarterbacked the resolution and Sen. Ron Gould pushed its passage. Working hand-in-hand with the legislators, providing information and keeping everyone informed, were Ron Bruchhauser, the Task Force Director of the grass-roots effort, and Bill Blewster, a member of the National Council of the John Birch Society John Birch Society, ultraconservative, anti-Communist organization in the United States. It was founded in Dec., 1958, by manufacturer Robert Welch and named after John Birch, an American intelligence officer killed by Communists in China (Aug., 1945). . |
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