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"At least five members have said they will vote with the president if he needs their votes.” It was November, 1993, and then-President Bill Clinton (and his lieutenant, VP Al Gore) were pushing hard for ratification of Nafta. The AFL-CIO was fighting against it. “We tend to have long memories,” said AFL-CIO president, Lane Kirkland. He was threatening congress members who’d gotten elected through labor support, and it was far from clear that Nafta was going to pass congress. The role of those “pro-labor” congress members was clear, as this article (see reprint) from the Wall St. Journal of Nov. 16, 1993 makes clear. Although it seemed that there were enough votes to kill NAFTA, “the White House cautions that vote counts are tricky.... Can you say, “chasing the end of the rainbow”? See article for full quote from the Wall St. Journal: https://oaklandsocialist.com/2018/01/10/nafta-the-democrats-and-chasing-the-end-of-a-rainbow/ -- "No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them." Assata Shakur Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
