The House Trade Working Group (HTWG) is an informal group of Congressmen in the

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that is made up of members that take a skeptical view of international trade agreements. The HTWG was formed by Congressman

Mike Michaud Michael Herman Michaud (born January 18, 1955) is an American businessman and politician from Maine. Michaud served as the U.S. representative for from 2003 to 2015. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The primarily rural district comprises ...

and Congresswoman

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during the 110th Congress. Members of Congress from both parties and outside organizations, who represent American workers, consumers, and businesses, are active participants in the group. The HTWG organizes press conferences, briefings, letters, and other initiatives to fight trade agreements. As of the

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, the membership was as follows (based on signatures affixed to HTWG letters):Signers of the Trade Reform, Accountability, Development and Employment (TRADE) Act (H.R. 3012), June 2009

Membership

Continuing HTWG Membership for 112th Congress

* Michael H. Michaud (Dem.-Maine) - leader *

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(Dem.-Pennsylvania) *

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(Dem.-California) *

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(Dem.-Wisconsin) *

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(Dem.-Iowa) *

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(Dem.-Pennsylvania) *

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(Dem.-Iowa) * Michael Capuano (Dem.-Massachusetts) *

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(Dem.-Missouri) *

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(Dem.-Indiana) *

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(Dem.-Kentucky) * Emanuel Cleaver (Dem.-Missouri) * Steve Cohen (Dem.-Tennessee) *

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(Dem.-Michigan) *

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(Dem.-Illinois) *

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(Dem.-Maryland) *

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(Dem.-Oregon) *

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(Dem.-Connecticut) *

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(Dem.-Michigan) * Michael F. Doyle (Dem.-Pennsylvania) * Donna F. Edwards (Dem.-Maryland) * Keith Ellison (Dem.-Minnesota) *

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(Dem.-California) * Marcia Fudge (Dem.-Ohio) * Al Green (Dem.-Texas) *

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(Dem.-Texas) *

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(Dem.-Arizona) *

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(Dem.-Illinois) *

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(Dem.-Florida) *

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(Dem.-New York) * Maurice D. Hinchey (Dem.-New York) * Mazie K. Hirono (Dem.-Hawaii) *

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(Dem.-Pennsylvania) * Rush Holt (Dem.-New Jersey) * Jesse Jackson Jr. (Dem.-Illinois) *

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(Dem.-Texas) *

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(Dem.-Georgia) * Walter B. Jones (Rep.-North Carolina) * Marcy Kaptur (Dem.-Ohio) *

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(Dem.-Michigan) * Larry Kissell (Dem.-North Carolina) * Dennis Kucinich (Dem.-Ohio) *

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(Dem.-Rhode Island) *

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(Dem.-California) * Daniel Lipinski (Dem.-Illinois) * David Loebsack (Dem.-Iowa) * Stephen Lynch (Dem.-Massachusetts) *

Betty McCollum Betty Louise McCollum (born July 12, 1954) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for , serving since 2001. She is a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL). McCollum's district centers on St. Paul, Minnesota's ...

(Dem.-Minnesota) * James P. McGovern (Dem.-Massachusetts) *

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(Dem.-North Carolina) * Gwen Moore (Dem.-Wisconsin) *

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(Dem.-New York) * Grace Napolitano (Dem.-California) *

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(Dem.-District of Columbia) * Frank Pallone, Jr. (Dem.-New Jersey) *

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(Dem.-New Jersey) *

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(Dem.-Michigan) * Collin C. Peterson (Dem.-Minnesota) *

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(Dem.-Maine) *

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(Dem.-West Virginia) * Mike Ross (Dem.-Arkansas) * Steven Rothman (Dem.-New Jersey) *

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(Dem.-California) * Tim Ryan (Dem.-Ohio) *

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(Dem.-California) * John P. Sarbanes (Dem.-Maryland) *

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(Dem.-Illinois) * Bobby Scott (Dem.-Virginia) *

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(Dem.-North Carolina) *

Brad Sherman Bradley James Sherman (born October 24, 1954) is an American accountant and politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 30th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he first entered Congress in ...

(Dem.-California) *

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(Dem.-New York) * Chris Smith (Rep.-New Jersey) *

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(Dem.-Ohio) *

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(Dem.-Massachusetts) *

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(Dem.-New York) * Peter J. Visclosky (Dem.-Indiana) *

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(Dem.-Minnesota) *

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(Dem.-Florida) *

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(Dem.-California) *

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(Dem.-Vermont) *

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(Dem.-California) *

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(Dem.-Oregon)

HTWG Members of 111th Congress Who Were Defeated

* Michael A. Arcuri (Dem.-New York) * John Boccieri (Dem.-Ohio) * Christopher Carney (Dem.-Pennsylvania) * Travis W. Childers (Dem.-Mississippi) * Kathy Dahlkemper (Dem.-Pennsylvania) *

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(Dem.-Florida) *

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(Dem.-New York) * Phil Hare (Dem.-Illinois) * Steve Kagen (Dem.-Wisconsin) *

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(Dem.-Pennsylvania) * Carolyn Kilpatrick (Dem.-Michigan) (lost primary bid) *

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(Dem.-Ohio) *

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(Dem.-New York) *

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(Dem.-West Virginia) (lost primary bid) * Patrick Murphy (Dem.-Pennsylvania) * James L. Oberstar (Dem.-Minnesota) *

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(Dem.-Virginia) *

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(Dem.-Michigan) * Carol Shea-Porter (Dem.-New Hampshire) *

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(Dem.-South Carolina) * Charlie Wilson (Dem.-Ohio)

HTWG Members of 111th Congress Who Will Not Seek Re-Election

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(Dem.-Massachusetts) (Will not seek re-election) *

Bart Gordon Barton Jennings Gordon (born January 24, 1949) is an American politician and former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1985 until 2011. The district includes several rural areas and fast-growing suburbs east of Nashville. He was Chairman of ...

(Dem.-Tennessee) (Will not seek re-election) *

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(Dem.-Michigan) (Will not seek re-election)

Former HTWG Members from 111th Congress

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(Dem.-Hawaii) (Resigned) *

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(Dem.-New York) (Resigned) *

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(Dem.-Pennsylvania) (Deceased) Although the membership is somewhat fluid, there were at least 100 members, almost all of them from the

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. This constituted more than one-third of the Democratic membership of the

. Note that the two Republicans in the HTWG, Walter B. Jones of North Carolina and Chris Smith of New Jersey, began their careers as Democrats. Twenty-one HTWG members were defeated in the

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and another three members declined to seek re-election.

Ways and Means Committee members

Only two of the HTWG members are also members of the House of Representatives' Ways and Means Committee, the committee responsible for trade agreements. Democrats

and

were the only two Democrats (out of the 26) on the Ways and Means Committee that also caucus with the HTWG.

References

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External links

* 111th Congress Congressional Member Organizations (CMOs

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Membership

Continuing HTWG Membership for 112th Congress

HTWG Members of 111th Congress Who Were Defeated

HTWG Members of 111th Congress Who Will Not Seek Re-Election

Former HTWG Members from 111th Congress

Ways and Means Committee members

See also

References

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