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...President for the last century. More often, international agreements are passed by votes in both chambers of Congress and signed by the President - like a regular law. Treaties approved that way have multiplied from 11 in 1930 to over 300 in 2006. The most famous example is NAFTA, which was passed by both chambers - including the Senate with less than two-thirds supporting it - and was signed by the President...
...refinance existing adjustable-rate mortgages and convert them to 30-year fixed ones 'Eliminate the AMT, which the middle class was never intended to pay.' McCain wants to end the alternative minimum tax, which hit approximately 4 million taxpayers in 2006, up from 414,000 in 1995 NAFTA Should the trade pact be modified to add environmental and labor protections? Yes She says these protections should be enforced just like those dealing with commerce Yes A leaked memo implied his stance was "political maneuvering"; Obama denies the claim No Says open markets create economic opportunity UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE Payrolls shrank...
...advisers who have been caught in the act of telling difficult truths-on trade and Iraq-that the candidate himself denied on the campaign trail. Perhaps now, having learned how cathartic truth-telling can be, Obama will summon the courage to tell Pennsylvania audiences that free-trade agreements like NAFTA have only a marginal impact on the loss of manufacturing jobs and that it will be impossible to end the war in Iraq in 16 months...
...Whenever I read about Clinton's 35 years of "Experience," I think my head just might explode. Her track record consists of working on the task force for health-care reform (abandoned), supporting NAFTA (she's now against it), voting to authorize force against Iraq (which she now regrets) and endorsing No Child Left Behind (she's now against it). Let's not forget that she cast her Iraq-war vote without reading the National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq. It appears that on all the most important issues, she hasn't got one right. The one area of experience...
...cases of Goolsbee and Power, the comments carried serious weight. Obama was trying to argue before the Ohio contest that he was more trustworthy than Clinton on fixing the flaws in NAFTA - and more trustworthy in general. Power's "monster" comment cast doubt on his campaign's contention that Clinton has been running the more personally negative campaign. Furthermore, steadfast opposition to the presence of American troops in Iraq is one of the chief points of contrast that has benefited Obama in his fight against Clinton. In recent days, news organizations for the first time have stepped up their scrutiny...