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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt;vertical-align:top'><font size=2
color=gray face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:gray'>USA-CONGRESS/TRADE (ANALYSIS)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=short1 style='line-height:15.0pt;vertical-align:top'><font size=2
color=gray face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:gray'>* Levin, like Rangel, has mixed record on trade<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=short1 style='line-height:15.0pt;vertical-align:top'><font size=2
color=gray face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:gray'>* Helped craft compromise on China WTO entry bill<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=short1 style='line-height:15.0pt;vertical-align:top'><font size=2
color=gray face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:gray'>* Believes <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region>
trade policy can "shape globalization"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=short1 style='line-height:15.0pt;vertical-align:top'><font size=2
color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>By
Doug Palmer<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=short1 style='line-height:15.0pt;vertical-align:top'><font size=2
color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>WASHINGTON,
March 4 (Reuters) - An abrupt change in the leadership of a powerful tax and
trade committee in the U.S. House of Representatives is unlikely to have much
impact on stalled trade agreements with South Korea and Colombia.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=shortclear1 style='line-height:15.0pt;vertical-align:top'><font
size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>But it does give one of Congress' deepest thinkers
on trade policy a much more prominent role.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:42.0pt;
margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;
vertical-align:top'><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Representative
Sander Levin, a 14-term Democratic congressman from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Detroit</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Michigan</st1:State></st1:place>,
will take over the <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">House Ways</st1:address></st1:Street>
and Means Committee pending the outcome of ethics probes against Charles
Rangel, a New York Democrat.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:42.0pt;
margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;
vertical-align:top'><b><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black;font-weight:
bold'>Levin, who has been chairman of the Ways and Means trade subcommittee,
believes the United States should "shape globalization" by
negotiating trade deals that protect worker rights and improve environmental
standards.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:42.0pt;
margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;
vertical-align:top'><b><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black;font-weight:
bold'>He also is one of Congress' staunchest defenders of <st1:country-region
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> anti-dumping laws against unfairly traded
imports and has criticized the World Trade Organization for adverse rulings on
that issue against the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United
States</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:42.0pt;
margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;
vertical-align:top'><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>"I don't
see this as a big wrench in policy," said Ed Gresser, director of the
trade and global markets project at the Democratic Leadership Council, a
centrist Democratic Party group. "There won't be a drastic change."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:42.0pt;
margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;
vertical-align:top'><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Dan Griswold,
director of the Cato Institute's Center for Trade Policy Studies, agreed.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:42.0pt;
margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;
vertical-align:top'><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>"Levin and
Rangel have an almost indistinguishable voting record on trade," Griswold
said.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:42.0pt;
margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;
vertical-align:top'><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Both voted
against the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1993, but supported <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s entry
into the WTO.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:42.0pt;
margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;
vertical-align:top'><b><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black;font-weight:
bold'>Levin, in fact, worked closely with former President Bill Clinton's
administration on a compromise that led to approval of "permanent normal
trade relations" with <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:42.0pt;
margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;
vertical-align:top'><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>He and Rangel
fought former President George W. Bush on a number of trade initiatives,
including a free trade pact with Central American countries and the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Dominican Republic</st1:country-region></st1:place>
strongly opposed by labor and environmental groups.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:42.0pt;
margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;
vertical-align:top'><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>But they
supported other trade pacts with <st1:country-region w:st="on">Chile</st1:country-region>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Singapore</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Morocco</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Australia</st1:country-region>
and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bahrain</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:42.0pt;
margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;
vertical-align:top'><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>STALLED TRADE
DEALS<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:42.0pt;
margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;
vertical-align:top'><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Levin takes
charge of the panel at a time when President Barack Obama says he wants to
resolve problems blocking long-delayed trade deals with <st1:country-region
w:st="on">South Korea</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Colombia</st1:country-region>
and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Panama</st1:place></st1:country-region>
and finish eight-year-old world trade talks.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:42.0pt;
margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;
vertical-align:top'><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>The 78-year-old
lawmaker has been at the forefront of criticism of the South Korean and the
Colombian deals. He says <st1:City w:st="on">Seoul</st1:City> needs to do more
to open its market to <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region>
autos and other goods, and <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bogota</st1:place></st1:City>
has to stop murders of trade unionists and prosecute the killers.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:42.0pt;
margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;
vertical-align:top'><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>In the end, the
decision whether to allow votes on the three trade agreements rests more with
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi than with Levin.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:42.0pt;
margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;
vertical-align:top'><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>On that point,
Griswold said he was pessimistic of action on any of the deals this year
because of the strong opposition of labor groups.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:42.0pt;
margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;
vertical-align:top'><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Gresser said he
thought it was too early to predict what would happen.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:42.0pt;
margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;
vertical-align:top'><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>"So much
depends on what happens with healthcare," a legislative priority for
Obama, Gresser said. "Once that's done, we'll see what the administration
wants to do next and how Congress reacts to that."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:42.0pt;
margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;
vertical-align:top'><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>On the Doha
round of world trade talks, Levin has followed the U.S. line that advanced
developing countries like China, Brazil and India must make better offers to
open their markets before a deal is struck.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:42.0pt;
margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;
vertical-align:top'><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>(Editing by
Eric Beech) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>
ctcfield-bounces@lists.citizenstrade.org [mailto:ctcfield-bounces@lists.citizenstrade.org]
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Andrew Gussert<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, March 04, 2010
10:17 AM</span></font><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
font-weight:bold'>Sander Levin -- Trade Record<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Voted YES on promoting free
trade with <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Peru</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
(Nov 2007) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Voted YES on assisting
workers who lose jobs due to globalization. (Oct 2007) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Voted NO on implementing
CAFTA, Central America Free Trade. (Jul 2005) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Voted YES on implementing
US-Australia Free Trade Agreement. (Jul 2004) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Voted NO on end offshore
tax havens and promote small business. (Oct 2004) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Voted YES on implementing
US-Singapore free trade agreement. (Jul 2003) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Voted YES on implementing
free trade agreement with <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Chile</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
(Jul 2003) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Voted NO on withdrawing
from the WTO. (Jun 2000) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Voted YES on $156M to IMF
for 3rd-world debt reduction. (Jul 2000) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Voted YES on Permanent
Normal Trade Relations with <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
(May 2000) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Voted NO on 'Fast Track'
authority for trade agreements. (Sep 1998) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Foreign policy<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Voted YES on supporting
democratic institutions in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Pakistan</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
(Jun 2009) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Voted NO on reforming the
UN by restricting US funding. (Jun 2005) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Voted YES on keeping <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cuba</st1:place></st1:country-region> travel ban
until political prisoners released. (Jul 2001) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Member of the Congressional
Human Rights Caucus. (Jan 2001) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Multi-year commitment to <st1:place
w:st="on">Africa</st1:place> for food & medicine. (Apr 2001) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Seeds of Peace: promote
coexistence in regions of conflict. (Apr 2008) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Acknowledge the Armenian
Genocide of the early 1900s. (Mar 2007) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Let <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Ukraine</st1:country-region> & <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Georgia</st1:place></st1:country-region> enter NATO. (Jan 2008) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Acknowledge the Armenian
Genocide, as official <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region>
policy. (Mar 2009) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Allow travel between the <st1:country-region
w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Cuba</st1:place></st1:country-region>. (Feb 2009) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Environment<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Voted YES on enforcing
limits on CO2 global warming pollution. (Jun 2009) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Voted YES on tax credits
for renewable electricity, with PAYGO offsets. (Sep 2008) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Rated 85% by the LCV,
indicating pro-environment votes. (Dec 2003) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Voted YES on criminalizing
oil cartels like OPEC. (May 2007) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Voted YES on starting
implementation of Kyoto Protocol. (Jun 2000) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Labor<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Voted YES on restricting
employer interference in union organizing. (Mar 2007) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Voted YES on letting
shareholders vote on executive compensation. (Jul 2009) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Voted YES on increasing
minimum wage to $7.25. (Jan 2007) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Voted NO on zero-funding
OSHA's Ergonomics Rules instead of $4.5B. (Mar 2001) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Rated 87% by the AFL-CIO,
indicating a pro-union voting record. (Dec 2003) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Also<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Rated 87% by the ACLU,
indicating a pro-civil rights voting record. (Dec 2002) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Rated 88% by the HRC,
indicating a pro-gay-rights stance. (Dec 2006) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Rated 100% by the NAACP,
indicating a pro-affirmative-action stance. (Dec 2006) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Voted YES on campaign
finance reform banning soft-money contributions. (Feb 2002) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Voted NO on banning soft
money donations to national political parties. (Jul 2001) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Voted YES on banning soft
money and issue ads. (Sep 1999)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:navy'>Source: <a
href="http://www.ontheissues.org/MI/Sander_Levin.htm#Free_Trade">http://www.ontheissues.org/MI/Sander_Levin.htm#Free_Trade</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<h2><b><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><a
href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/michigan-lawmaker-to-head-ways-means-committee-2010-03-04"
target="_self">Michigan lawmaker to head Ways & Means Committee</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 color="#666666"
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:#666666'>MarketWatch</span></font><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) --
Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich., will become the acting chairman of the House Ways
& Means Committee, replacing Rep. <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>...</span></b>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<h2><b><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><a
href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35707188/ns/politics-capitol_hill/"
target="_self" id=MAA4AEgCUABqAnVz>Levin to replace Rangel as tax panel
chairman</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 color="#666666"
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:#666666'>msnbc.com</span></font><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> - </span></font><span
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size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>WASHINGTON</span></font></st1:State><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>
- Rep. Sander Levin of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Michigan</st1:place></st1:State>
will serve as the chairman of the House's powerful tax-writing committee after
former head Rep. <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>...</span></b> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><a
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/04/AR2010030402174.html?hpid=topnews"
target="_self" id=MAA4AEgDUABqAnVz>Levin to take reins of Ways and Means</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on"><font size=2 color="#666666" face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:#666666'>Washington</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
size=2 color="#666666" face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:#666666'> Post</span></font><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> -
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ý</span></font></span><font size=2
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Rep. Sander Levin
(D-Mich.), a pro-union, anti-free-trade liberal who is a close ally of the auto
industry, has been selected as interim <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>...</span></b>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:navy'>Andrew Gussert<br>
Director, Citizens Trade Campaign<br>
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">1150 17th Street N.W.,
Suite 300</st1:address></st1:Street><br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">D.C.</st1:State></st1:place> 20036<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:navy'>Cell#:
202.494.8826<br>
Fax#: 202.293.5308<br>
<a href="http://www.citizenstrade.org">www.citizenstrade.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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