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CAFTA Damage Report: Utah Reps. Rob Bishop (R), Chris Cannon (R) and Jim Matheson (D)

   

By voting in favor of the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), Utah’s three House members (Rep. Rob Bishop, Rep. Chris Cannon, and Rep. Jim Matheson) opened a new door to attack Utah’s ban on legalized gambling. CAFTA empowers foreign gambling companies to use UN and World Bank international courts to challenge U.S. laws, including Utah’s gambling ban, which they could claim undermine the special new rights CAFTA provides foreign corporations.

PUBLIC CITIZEN NEWS RELEASES

Read the memo CAFTA’s Threat to U.S. Gambling Regulation, mentioned in the CAFTA Damage Report News Release

NEWS ARTICLES ON UTAH REPRESENTATIVES’ BAD CAFTA VOTES

FAT CAT: REP. MATHESON WALKS BY PROTESTERS ON WAY TO DINNER TO RAISE MONEY FOR PRO-CAFTA DEMOCRATS

CONTACT YOUR UTAH REPRESENTATIVE, AND LET HIM KNOW THAT HIS VOTE TO EXTEND NAFTA TO SIX MORE COUNTRIES WILL NOT GO UNNOTICED!

Call and ask to speak with a Trade Legislative Assistant, and tell them that the bad CAFTA votes of Reps. Bishop, Cannon, and Matheson are not supported by the citizens of the state of Utah!