ALERT: Despite Trade Message from Public, GOP Leaders Still Plan Lame-Duck Trade Vote

With your continued vigilance, this election will be the beginning of new era in trade policy. However, we need your help now to keep the old Congress from hoisting one last anti-fair trade raspberry at the American public by shoving through a NAFTA expansion.

President Bush said yesterday in his press conference that he's still pushing trade votes for the lame-duck session next week!

That's right! Despite their massive losses, the disgraced Republican leaders are still planning to force a vote on the Peru NAFTA expansion. They intend to convene Congress one last time on November 13th to pass unpopular legislation in an accountability-free zone. Imagine, the newly fired and retired anti-fair traders given one more opportunity to undermine our future while padding their resumés for the lobbying jobs they'll be looking for come January.

The Peru NAFTA expansion is just one poisonous dish on a smorgasbord of damage. Check out our blog at www.lameduckhunt.org.

A lot of us are extremely sleep-deprived right now. But, it is essential we keep the spotlight on the lame-duck Congress. We can still stop the Peru NAFTA expansion — and the rest of the hideous lame-duck agenda. Can you join the Lame-Duck Hunt? Here's how:

• Write to Congress to urge them to oppose the sneaky lame-duck vote on the Peru NAFTA expansion: http://action.citizen.org/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=5112;
• Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper about trade and the election — and the sneaky lame-duck vote on the Peru NAFTA expansion: http://action.citizen.org/pickMedia.jsp?letter_KEY=553; or, even better;
• Join us in Washington for a November 15th lobby day to stop the Peru lame-duck vote! http://action.citizen.org/signUp.jsp?key=1739