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Costly CAFTA votes.


From The Washington Post: "With the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA cafta

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) in serious trouble, a prominent business leader recently laid it on the line: Business groups are prepared to cut off campaign contributions to House members who oppose the pact. 'If you are going to vote against it, it's going to cost you,'" said Thomas J. Donahue, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world's largest not-for-profit federation of businesses, representing more than 3 million businesses and organizations in the United States. As of 2003, the chamber was comprised of 3000 state and local chambers and 830 business associations. .
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Title Annotation:Central American Free Trade Agreement
Publication:The Progressive
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Aug 1, 2005
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