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Another Sellout by the Democratic House
Trade Accord Causes a Split of Democrats
Published: November 9, 2007
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 — Has the Democratic Party gone soft on trade? Or has it opened a bitter internal split that could come back to haunt the party in the coming elections?
The Vote in the House
Under the Bush administration, trade deals submitted for approval to Congress have generally been opposed by labor unions, environmental groups and left-of-center activists hostile to the forces of globalization. Democrats, as a result, have rarely given their approval.
But on Thursday, only a year after the Democrats regained control of Congress following a campaign rife with criticism of White House trade policies, nearly half the Democrats in the House broke with recent party orthodoxy and supported a trade deal with Peru that the administration hopes could lead to approval of significantly bigger and more important trade pacts in the future.
The Peru deal was approved by an overwhelming vote of 285 in favor to 132 against. But its most striking aspect was that 109 Democrats voted yes and 116 voted no, reopening the fissure that developed during the Clinton administration, when much of the party bucked President Bill Clinton as he pressed for the North American Free Trade Agreement and liberalizing trade with China.
To the surprise of many Democrats, the House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, led her fellow party members to vote yes, and even she found it paradoxical. "Frankly, I have largely been on the other side of it than I am tonight," Ms. Pelosi told colleagues Wednesday evening at the end of a rancorous debate, during which many Democrats accused her of betraying the party’s base.
The victory was sweet for the Bush administration, which points to the advantages of trade competition and wants to build up the export sector now that it is the strongest part of the economy. But many Democrats argue that lowering trade barriers has helped lose three million manufacturing jobs since 2000 and has resulted in stagnant wages.
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Clinton Says Yes to Peru Deal
By Sarah Wheaton
Updated 7:40 p.m.Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, after prodding from a rival campaign, has issued positions on several trade deals currently before Congress, including her support for an agreement with Peru that is dividing her party.
A trade pact with the South American nation passed the House today with primarily Republican support—a minority of the Democrats who voted did so in favor of the measure.
The free trade issue is also dividing Democrats on the campaign trail. Saying he was “disappointed” by its passage, John Edwards criticized Senator Barack Obama for expressing support for the bill, and he repeated his call—first issued on Sunday—for Mrs. Clinton state her position.
Here’s the answer, though not the one he wanted (or, at least, not the one he said he wanted):
I have long said that we need smart trade policies that advance labor rights, the environment, and our economic standing in the world.
I support the trade agreement with Peru. It has very strong labor and environmental protections. This agreement makes meaningful progress on advancing workers’ rights, and also levels the playing field for American workers. Most Peruvian goods already enter the U.S. duty free, but our exports to Peru have been subject to tariffs.
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Mukasey Confirmed As Attorney General
WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed retired judge Michael Mukasey as attorney general Thursday night to replace Alberto Gonzales, who was forced from office in a scandal over his handling of the Justice Department.
Mukasey was confirmed as the nation's 81st attorney general after a sharp debate over his refusal to say whether the waterboarding interrogation technique is torture.
Republicans were solidly behind President Bush' nominee. Democrats said their votes were not so much for Mukasey as they were for restoring a leader to a Justice Department left adrift after Gonzales' resignation in September.
In the end, Mukasey was confirmed by a 53-40 vote. Six Democrats and one independent joined Republicans in sealing his confirmation.

Besides Schumer and Feinstein, Democrats voting to confirm Mukasey were: Sens. Evan Bayh of Indiana, Tom Carper of Delaware, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Ben Nelson of Nebraska. Of the Senate's two independents, Joe Lieberman of Connecticut voted for confirmation and Bernie Sanders of Vermont voted against.
Not voting were Democratic presidential candidates Joe Biden of Delaware, Hillary Clinton of New York, Chris Dodd of Connecticut and Barack Obama of Illinois. All four had said they opposed Mukasey's nomination.
Republican presidential candidate John McCain of Arizona also was absent, as were GOP Sens. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and John Cornyn of Texas.
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Dems to Tie Iraq Funds to Troop Withdrawal
Dems to Tie Iraq Funds
WASHINGTON — Under pressure to support the troops but end the war, House Democrats said Thursday they would send President Bush $50 billion for combat operations on the condition that he begin withdrawing troops from Iraq.
The proposal, similar to one Bush vetoed earlier this year, would identify a goal of ending combat entirely by December 2008. It would require that troops spend as much time at home as they do in combat, as well as effectively ban harsh interrogation techniques like waterboarding.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had hoped the House would vote as early as Friday on the bill. But late on Thursday, after meeting with liberal Democrats who were concerned the bill was too soft, she decided to put off debate until next week.
In a private caucus meeting earlier in the day, Pelosi told rank-and-file Democrats that the bill was their best shot at challenging Bush on the war. And if Bush rejected it, she said, she did not intend on sending him another war spending bill for the rest of the year.
"This is not a blank check for the president," she said at a Capitol Hill news conference following the caucus meeting. "This is providing funding for the troops limited to a particular purpose, for a short time frame."
White House spokesman Tony Fratto said Bush would veto any bill that sets an "artificial timeline" for troop withdrawals.