An anti-FTAA victory.(INSIDER REPORT)

Members of Arizona's Senate and House affirmed their dissatisfaction with phony "free trade" agreements by, voting to for-really request rejection at the federal level of the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), a pact that would create a so-called free trade agreement between 34 countries in North and South America.

Called the House Concurrent Memorial 2006, the resolution urges the Congress not to enter the FTAA because the FTAA does not represent true free trade and does not safeguard American constitutional principles. The body of the resolution includes the following findings:

 
   Whereas, the United States has always 
   been the world leader in pushing 
   for flee trade, which is the hallmark 
   of our capitalistic society: and 
 
      Whereas, both the World Trade 
   Organization (WTO) and the North 
   American Free Trade Agreement 
   (NAFTA), through the use of trade 
   tribunals, now claim the sovereign 
   authority to overrule decisions of 
   American courts and make awards to 
   foreign businesses for violations of 
   ...