July 15, 2002 Global Exchange
	Campaign Update on Fasttrack -- For the last 7 months, we have been updating you on the struggle to STOP Fast Track Trade Negotiating Authority. In December, the first Fast Track bill went through Congress and we lost by one single vote. In May, the second bill went through the Senate and passed as well. The Fast Track bill is still being debated in Congress, in a conference committee where House and Senate representatives are trying to mesh the two forms of the bill Together. It is possible that the bill will come out of committee and onto the House floor for a vote before the August recess, which begins on July 26th.
January 01, 2001 Public Citizen
	What's in the Fast Track bill? -- Fast Track, also known as Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), gives the president the authority to negotiate international trade agreements, allowing for the expansion of privileges and protections for big business at the expense of workers, family farms, the environment and democracy at home and around the world. Bush hopes to use Fast Track to expand NAFTA via the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) and to push new negotiations at the 2003 World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial.