House Votes to Delay Colombia Trade Pact

Updated from 2:10 p.m. EDT

The House on Thursday voted to delay action on a Colombia free trade pact.

The House voted to kill a requirement that Congress make a decision on the controversial trade deal within 90 days, including a 60-day deadline for House action.

President Bush had urged Congress to consider passing the legislation: "The Colombia agreement is pivotal to America's national security and economic interests right now, and it is too important to be held up by politics." ...