House Republicans see late July CAFTA approval

Politics News Article | Reuters.com: "The U.S. House of Representatives will approve a trade agreement with Central America before the end of July, Republican leaders predicted on Thursday despite strong opposition from Democrats to the pact.

'Two weeks from now we will have just voted, successfully I'm convinced, on the CAFTA trade agreement. That's going to take a lot of work over the next several weeks. But we'll do that before we leave here in July,' House Majority Whip Roy Blunt, a Missouri Republican, told reporters.

House Majority Leader Tom Delay, a Texas Republican, said there still was no exact date for a vote on the U.S.-Central American Free Trade Agreement, which would tear down trade barriers among the United States, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic.

'I think everybody knows we're going to vote on it before the August break. A specific date isn't as important as understanding we're going to vote before we leave here,' Delay said at a press conference to announce a new House caucus focused on increasing U.S. economic competitiveness."

Delay is still for selling out American jobs as long as it benefits big bidness.