Job-killing Free Trade Agreements Pass with record Democratic Opposition
On Wednesday, October 12, Congress ratified the three pending Free Trade Agreements with Colombia, Korea, and Panama. Thanks to the great work done in California and around the country, the deals faced unprecedented opposition from Democratic Members of Congress, shocking considering the deals were being pushed by a sitting Democratic President.
In California, the results were even more pronounced with a higher percentage of Democrats voting against each deal than Dems nationwide. A full 11 seats that voted for the Peru FTA (the last major trade vote) switched to oppose the largest current deal, the Korea FTA.
Results among the most recently elected Members of Congress were even more stark, with all seven who were making their first or second major trade vote opposing all three deals. Further, the Bay Area was strongly opposed, with 9 of 11 Reps opposing all three deals and all 11 opposing the Colombia FTA.
See below for how you Representative voted, and check here for a full breakdown.
Thanks to the following Reps!
The following Members of Congress voted against all three job-killing FTAs!
Rep. Joe Baca Rep. Karen Bass Rep. Lois Capps Rep. Judy Chu Rep. Bob Filner Rep. John Garamendi Rep. Janice Hahn Rep. Mike Honda Rep. Barbara Lee Rep. Zoe Lofgren Rep. Jerry McNerney Rep. George Miller Rep. Janet Napolitano Rep. Laura Richardson Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard Rep. Linda Sanchez Rep. Brad Sherman Rep. Jackie Speier Rep. Pete Stark Rep. Maxine Waters Rep. Lynn Woolsey
Spanks to the following Reps!
These Reps. voted for all three job-killing FTAs 
. They need to hear from you.
Rep. Howard Berman Rep. Jim Costa Rep. Susan Davis All Republicans except for Hunter and Rohrabacher
And these Reps. voted for two of the three:
Rep. Becerra Rep. Cardoza Rep. Eshoo Rep. Farr Rep. Hunter Rep. Matsui Rep. Pelosi Rep. Rohrabacher Rep. Schiff
Rep. Loretta Sanchez (Korea) and Henry Waxman (Panama) each voted for one deal. For a full break down of how California Members of Congress voted, click here.
For information on the Colombia-U.S. FTA, go here.
See statements opposing the Korea-U.S. FTA here.
For more info on the Korea-U.S. FTA, click here.
For California-based Korea-U.S. FTA info, click here.
For more info on the Panama-U.S. FTA, click here.
The CFTC brings together a diverse array of organizations and individuals including labor, environmental, farm, fair trade business, and human rights groups to educate California citizens, lawmakers, and the media about the devastating consequences of current U.S. trade policies, while promoting viable alternatives for creating new rules for globalization.