April 18, 2007	Wednesday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 29, 1428

WASHINGTON, April 17: A senior US Democratic lawmaker said on Tuesday he believed Congress was ready to give the Bush administration a limited extension of fast-track trade negotiating authority to finish a round of world trade talks.

“We are prepared to give a restricted fast-track, limited to the Doha convention,” House of Representative Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel said in remarks at a National Press Club luncheon.—Reuters