H.J. Res 27/Vote Tomorrow - Stay Tuned

I cannot say it any better than David Sirota:

Happy with a skyrocketing U.S. trade deficit? Pleased with more and more good-paying jobs being outsourced to cheap overseas labor markets? Thrilled that corporate patents and copyrights are protected on the international market, but not human rights, environmental regulations and wage standards?Excited that corporations can use international trade organizations to undermine the sovereignty of your state? Then you are either a corporate executive, or a business lobbyist working feverishly to make sure Congress votes against a resolution tomorrow that would force the United States to renegotiate its unfair trade policies.

That's right, a bipartisan resolution is scheduled to hit the floor of the U.S. House tomorrow asking the President to withdraw the United States from the destructive World Trade Organization and renegotiate the pact that created the business-dominated body so that it treats American workers better. This is truly a critical vote: will Congress continue taking its orders exclusively from Corporate America and vote this measure down, even though polls show Americans want a new trade policy? Or will it take a stand on behalf of ordinary working stiffs and say enough is enough, its time to re-evaluate this destructive "free" trade policy foisted on America by the fat cats on Wall Street?

Stay tuned. The bill is H.J. Res. 27. Keep your eye on it, and keep your eye on how your Member of Congress votes tomorrow. It is not expected to pass, but it is an important statement that will show us exactly which Members of Congress stand with ordinary Americans.