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Meeks Message from Capitol Hill
The Wave
My colleagues and I in the House and Senate have recessed for the month of August. Ordinarily, most of us spend part of the recess working in our respective districts or states, and part of it taking long-deserved vacations or getaways with our families who see far too little of us.
Meeks Message from Capitol Hill
The Wave
Can Democrats agree on trade? Our party has been divided on the topic for forty years, and often bitterly. But the policy vision and negotiating skills of Representative Charles Rangel of New York and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Sander Levin, shows that consensus on trade may not be out of reach.
Underneath the wave of the international debatesurrounding the war on terrorism, there is an undercurrent of what mayturn out to be the 107th Congress' most significant action on internationalcommerce: The granting of Trade Promotion Authority to the President.