Posted on 09/11/2007 8:33:54 PM PDT by NapkinUser
The U.S. Senate has dealt a likely death blow to the Bush administration plans to give Mexican long-haul trucking rigs free access to United States roads and highways.
A bi-partisan majority voted 74-24 tonight to pass an amendment offered by Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., to remove funding from the Fiscal Year 2008 Department of Transportation appropriations bill for the Department of Transportation Mexican trucking demonstration project.
Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Penn., joined Dorgan as a co-sponsor of his amendment.
"Tonight, commerce for a change did not trump safety," Dorgan said in a news release issued after the vote.
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
*waving* bttt!
Yep, you’re right.
fyi I never think Spanish as being south of the border.
Perhaps because you don’t live near the border.
Sorry - I'm sure I've missed it or something, but does anyone know why Vitter and DeMint (probably some others in there too) - strong anti-amnesty vote people voted against this?
One more time - per someone in Kay Bailey’s office. Repub’s didn’t vote for it because it is only for one year, for one union and for 100 trucks. They want a stop to all NAFTA, the border closed, the immigrants returned to wherever, denial of money to sanctuary cities, photo ID for voters, etc. Last annual count showed millions and millions of trucks per year cross from Mexico to the 20 mile zone. They tried to hold the Dems feet to the fire but that did it poorly. Why they didn’t do a press conference to explain to people why they didn’t support the Dems version is beyond me. The Dems can now say “Well, we tried but the Republicans just didn’t support us...” Another half truth.
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