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House to vote on Colombia trade deal delay

WASHINGTON
Wed Apr 9, 2008 11:48am EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives will decide on Thursday whether to put off indefinitely a vote on the Colombia free-trade agreement that President George W. Bush submitted to Congress this week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said.

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Pelosi, announcing the move to reporters on Wednesday, would not give a time frame for when the trade pact might be debated and put up for a vote on passage in the House.

The vote on Thursday would change rules for considering the deal by eliminating a 90-day deadline for Congress to approve the Colombia trade deal.

(Reporting by Richard Cowan, editing by Jackie Frank)
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