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1. White House Pushes Trade Deal on Hill - 5 more pro-CAFTA votes

White House Pushes Trade Deal on Hill
By Warren Vieth and Richard Simon, Times Staff Writers

WASHINGTON -- With a congressional showdown looming on a high-profile trade pact, Bush administration officials scrambled today to negotiate side deals that might get them the two dozen or so additional votes needed to ensure passage.

By day's end, they appeared to have nailed down at least five.

"I told them this is what they needed to do to get my vote," said Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.), who joined with four House colleagues to seek concessions for home-state textile plants. "The bottom line is they have done everything I asked for."

Gingrey said the five Southern lawmakers were now "95%" certain to support the Central American Free Trade Agreement, and were only waiting for final signatures on agreements to protect makers of denim cloth and trouser pockets.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-cafta26jul26,0,7353017.story?coll=la-home-headlines

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