AFL-CIO President John Sweeney told convention delegates that CAFTA failed on its merits but was narrowly rescued by the Bush administration's use of porks and high stakes pressure tactics. Sweeney condemned the fifteen Democrats who voted for CAFTA. Without their defections from labor on this one, CAFTA would never have passed. (2.65 MB)
Posted by rich at August 5, 2005 05:43 AM