Lame Duck Session Likely After November Elections - Washington Times - July 12, 2006

Excerpts: The Bush administration is pressing Congress to pass at least three trade deals this year... House lawmakers are expected to vote on a free-trade agreement with Oman as soon as next week.... "We're going to get as much as we can get done in July. What we don't get done in July we're going to try and get done in September. What we don't get done in September we're going to get done in a lame duck [session]," said a U.S. trade official, who asked not to be named.

Immigration & Integration (by Christopher S. Bentley) - The New American - July 24, 2006

Europe got sucked into a "free trade" proposal that is morphing into a regional government. The United States is being pushed through the same process.

U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement Expected on House Floor Next Week - The Hill - July 11, 2006

Excerpt: On the trade front this year, a free-trade bill with Oman is expected on the [House] floor next week, a Republican leadership aide said.... (Click here to send a letter to your representative in opposition to the U.S.-Oman FTA.)

Passage of an Immigration Bill Before November Elections Increasingly Unlikely - St Petersburg Times (via azcentral.com) - July 6, 2006

Excerpts: By now, congressional negotiators expected to be busily hashing out the minute details of a historic immigration plan.... Instead, the two chambers began dueling hearings this week, setting off two months of political and ideological clashes leading up to November's midterm elections.... The hearings, rare for this late in the process, will delay negotiations until at least the fall and cast doubt about whether any immigration plan can pass this year.

Defeat the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement - JBS.org - June 30, 2006

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