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The Official CAFTA Vote Story

When the official 15-minute period ended, CAFTA had gone down to defeat, 180 "nays" to 175 "yeas." But the House leadership was so politically driven to get what they wanted, they broke the House rules: they simply violated the time limit in order to keep twisting arms and making deals until they finally had bought or coerced enough votes to pass CAFTA nearly an hour later. Posted by Editor at August 23, 2005 08:36 AM