CBS Evening News - 1993-11-16 - 2 of 2
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[0:03] we will have a good tomato agreement
[0:05] which is a little bit more in the
[0:07] vegetable agreement.
[0:08] >> For sure. This lobbying campaign is no
[0:10] small potatoes. Members of Congress have
[0:12] been tempted with everything from a new
[0:14] sewer system for San Diego and cleaning
[0:16] up environmental damage along the
[0:18] Arizona border with Mexico to new
[0:21] defense contracts for Texas and trade
[0:23] breaks for broom makers in Ohio. New
[0:26] international airline routes were
[0:28] suddenly approved for areas where NAFTA
[0:30] support was weak. NAFTA's famous
[0:33] opponents were furious and said voters
[0:35] will throw the dealmakers out of office.
[0:37] >> The American people who work for a
[0:40] living and pay the taxes that were used
[0:42] to buy these votes
[0:45] will once again reassert their right.
[0:48] >> Maybe so, but for now it seemed to be
[0:50] working. And today this was the
[0:52] capital's least heard quote.
[0:53] >> For me there wasn't any last minute
[0:55] pressure. There wasn't any of the arm
[0:56] twisting that they talking about.
[0:58] >> But the way the opponents added up, the
[1:00] president has already handed out $1.1
[1:03] billion in goodies. Whatever the
[1:05] accuracy of that, people on both sides
[1:07] are now saying privately the president
[1:10] is going to win. Bob Schaefer, CBS News
[1:13] at the capital. Again, overnight is
[1:16] often a long time in Washington politics
[1:18] and things can change. But as Bob just
[1:20] reported and we underscore it, as of
[1:22] this hour, even many opponents of the
[1:25] North American Free Trade Agreement are
[1:27] conceding tonight that the White House
[1:28] effort is working and passage tomorrow,
[1:30] probably by a narrow marg